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HUDSON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century

Synonyms:

Hudson; Hudson River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Hudson" is a part of...):

Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)

Synonyms:

Henry Hudson; Hudson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

Sense 3

Meaning:

English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)

Synonyms:

Hudson; W. H. Hudson; William Henry Hudson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

natural scientist; naturalist (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mrs. Hudson was waiting, trembling and weeping, in the passage.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the way, in view of recent occurrences, perhaps I ought to ask Mrs. Hudson to examine its crop.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He remembered the Hudson Bay Company chart he had seen long ago, and it was all clear and reasonable to him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He knew it for a Hudson Bay Company gun of the young days in the Northwest, when such a gun was worth its height in beaver skins packed flat, And that was all—no hint as to the man who in an early day had reared the lodge and left the gun among the blankets.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

‘Hudson it is, sir,’ said the seaman.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Let us make for Mr. Morse Hudson, of the Kennington Road, and see if he can throw any light upon the problem.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was very essential that I should impress Mrs. Hudson with the reality of my condition, since she was to convey it to you, and you in turn to him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am glad to see that Mrs. Hudson has had the good sense to light the fire.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And he conned the grub of the cache and the grub of the Hudson Bay Company post over and over again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was short and terse, the warning, as I now read it to my companion: ‘The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)