holmes
holmes Lexical Profile
holmes Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A common English topographic surname; notably borne by Sherlock Holmes, the fictional London detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and by extension used to refer to a keen-sighted investigator or detective.
"It does not take a modern-day Holmes to deduce who left the mud tracks across the kitchen floor."
North American An informal, friendly term of address for a male friend, acquaintance, or peer (a variant spelling of 'homes', shortened from 'homeboy').
"Hey holmes, could you pass me that wrench over there?"
British The plural of holme; small islands, river islets, or pieces of flat, low-lying ground beside a river or stream that are periodically flooded.
"The cattle grazed peacefully across the lush green holmes along the winding river."
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Word Origin & Etymology
As an English surname, derived from Middle English holm (from Old Norse holmr), meaning a small island, islet, or low-lying meadow by a river. The informal slang term of address is a variant spelling of homes, shortened from homeboy.