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Noun: Hughes  hyooz
  1. United States writer (1902-1967)
    - Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughes
     
  2. United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)
    - Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes
     
  3. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
    - Charles Evans Hughes
     
  4. English poet (1930-1998)
    - Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes

Type of: aeronaut, airman, author, aviator, chief justice, film maker, film producer, filmmaker, flier, flyer, industrialist, movie maker, poet, writer

Encyclopedia: Hughes, Matt