Wilkins: Meaning and Definition of

Wil•kins

Pronunciation: (wil'kinz), [key]
— n.
  1. 1888–1958, Australian Antarctic explorer, aviator, and aerial navigator.
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  3. born 1916, English biophysicist born in New Zealand: Nobel prize for medicine 1962.
  4. 1901–81, U.S. journalist and civil-rights leader: executive secretary of the NAACP, 1955–77.
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