ROBBINS

Robbins, Jerome Robbins

(noun) United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

robbins

plural of robbin

Anagrams

• Brisbon, ribbons

Proper noun

Robbins

An English patronymic surname, from Robin + -s.

An Irish patronymic surname, an adopted anglicization of Mac Roibín (“son of Robin”) (Cribbin).

A locale in United States.

A city in North Carolina; named for Karl Robbins, Russian-American manufacturer and philanthropist.

A village and suburb of Chicago in Illinois; named for real estate developer Eugene S. Robbins.

A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.

A census-designated place in Tennessee.

An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for local sawmill owner F. S. Robbins.

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for early settler Henry Clay Robbins.

A ghost town in Virginia; named for early settler Charles Robbins.

Anagrams

• Brisbon, ribbons

Source: Wiktionary


ROBBIN

Rob"bin, n. (Com.)

Definition: A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. Simmonds.

Rob"bin, n. (Naut.)

Definition: See Ropeband.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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