Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From Wat, medieval contraction of the given name Walter +‎ -kin.

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Examples

  • After crossing the last bridge you then walk over the rocks into the forest beyond and strike the path which leads down through the forest on the Mysore side of the river, to a point called Watkin's platform -- an open-sided shed about 100 feet below the top of the falls, and which commands a view of the gorge below the falls, and a fair, though rather distant view of the falls.

    Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore 1875

  • Eventually, Hearn gave the whole stack of his correspondence with Ellen Freeman to his friend Henry Watkin to do with them whatever he thought best.

    Carolyn Vega: Lafcadio Hearn Begs, "Don't Disgust Me, Please --" Carolyn Vega 2011

  • This year, Radcliffe plays the lead in the ghost story The Woman in Black released 10 February, a high-profile Hammer film directed by James "Eden Lake" Watkin, with a script by Jane "Kick-Ass" Goldman.

    The arts in 2012: life after Twilight and Harry Potter 2011

  • In "The Roman Forum," an entertaining combination of travel guide, history and polemic published in 2009, Mr. Watkin deplores those upheavals as reflecting a blinkered view that older is necessarily better, and he notes the irony that some of the most famous structures, including the Arch of Titus and the Temple of Vesta, are modern reconstructions.

    Where the Ancient Past Is Palpably Present Francis X. Rocca 2011

  • Mr. Watkin's book is also an elegy for the Forum as depicted in the 18th-century engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, when the place was largely a cow pasture, the ancient monuments sheltered monks and tradesmen, and ordinary Romans as well as foreign tourists enjoyed outings in a bucolic setting.

    Where the Ancient Past Is Palpably Present Francis X. Rocca 2011

  • Of course, as Mr. Watkin himself recounts, the story of the Forum has been one of almost uninterrupted destruction and rebuilding.

    Where the Ancient Past Is Palpably Present Francis X. Rocca 2011

  • Eventually, Hearn gave the whole stack of his correspondence with Ellen Freeman to his friend Henry Watkin to do with them whatever he thought best.

    Carolyn Vega: Lafcadio Hearn Begs, "Don't Disgust Me, Please --" Carolyn Vega 2011

  • Such hybridization is a concrete reminder of what the Cambridge architectural historian David Watkin calls the Forum's "fascinating post-antique life."

    Where the Ancient Past Is Palpably Present Francis X. Rocca 2011

  • Watkin has been a visiting fellow in the human rights program at Harvard Law School.

    Gaza Flotilla Raid: Israel Approves Inquiry Into Incident 2010

  • Opened in 1899, it connected the northern railways of chairman Sir Edward Watkin with a joint line developed with the Metroplitan Railway into London.

    Railway Echo No 7 Peter Ashley 2008

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