noun
- English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595.
- synonyms: Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns
- United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969. ).
- synonyms: Coleman Hawkins
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