(n)United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989), Syn.Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Smith, Ray Robinson

robinson

(n)Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958), Syn.Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson, Lennox Robinson

robinson

(n)United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936), Syn.James Harvey Robinson

robinson

(n)United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972), Syn.Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson

robinson

(n)United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935), Syn.Edwin Arlington Robinson

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Robin

n. [ Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr&unr_;&unr_; glory, fame, Goth. hr&unr_;peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See Bright, Hob a clown. ] (Zool.) (a) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock. (b) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush. (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor). (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beach robin (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See Knot. --
Blue-throated robin. (Zool.) See Bluethroat. --
Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird. --
Golden robin (Zool.), the Baltimore oriole. --
Ground robin (Zool.), the chewink. --
Indian robin (Zool.), any one of several species of Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera Thamnobia and Pratincola. They are mostly black, usually with some white on the wings. --
Magrie robin (Zool.), an Asiatic singing bird (Corsycus saularis), having the back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white. --
Ragged robin. (Bot.) See under Ragged. --
Robin accentor (Zool.), a small Asiatic singing bird (Accentor rubeculoides), somewhat resembling the European robin. --
Robin redbreast. (Zool.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. (c) The American bluebird. --
Robin snipe. (Zool.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher. (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot. --
Robin's plantain. (Bot.) See under Plantain. --
Sea robin. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the genus Prionotus. They are excellent food fishes. Called also wingfish. The name is also applied to a European gurnard. (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [ Local, U.S. ] --
Water robin (Zool.), a redstart (Ruticulla fuliginosa), native of India. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robinet

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd. (b) The European robin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robing

n. The act of putting on a robe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robing room, a room where official robes are put on, as by judges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robin Goodfellow

A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robinia

‖n. [ NL. So called after Jean Robin, a French herbalist. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia). [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

罗宾逊

[罗宾逊 / 羅賓遜, Luó bīn xùn, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄣㄒㄩㄣˋ]Robinson (name)#34161[Add to Longdo]

罗宾汉

[罗宾汉 / 羅賓漢, Luó bīn hàn, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄣㄏㄢˋ]Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)#103583[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Robinie { f }; Falsche Akazie { f } [ bot. ]

robinia; locust tree; False acacia[Add to Longdo]

Rostbrustbraunelle { f } [ ornith. ]

Robin Accentor[Add to Longdo]

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ロビン

[robin](n) robin#11208[Add to Longdo]

瑠璃;琉璃

[るり, ruri](n) (1) lapis lazuli; (2) (abbr) (See 瑠璃色) lapis lazuli (color); (3) (abbr) (See 吠瑠璃) beryl; (4) (abbr) (See 小瑠璃, 大瑠璃, 瑠璃鶲) mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); (5) (obsc) glass#16484[Add to Longdo]

オキシヘモグロビン

[okishihemogurobin](n) oxyhemoglobin[Add to Longdo]

グロビン

[gurobin](n) globin[Add to Longdo]

プロビンス

[purobinsu](n) province[Add to Longdo]

ヘモグロビン

[hemogurobin](n) hemoglobin; haemoglobin; (P)[Add to Longdo]

ミオグロビン

[miogurobin](n) myoglobin[Add to Longdo]

ミオグロビン尿

[ミオグロビンにょう, miogurobin nyou](n) myoglobinuria[Add to Longdo]