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RobinsonNoun1. English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975). 2. United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989). 3. Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958). 4. United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936). 5. United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972). 6. United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935). 7. United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Robinson" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | ROBINSON, Jack, brother of Sam Hill. He claimed distinction simply because some people were sufficiently clever to do things before his name could be pronounced. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) was a Major League Baseball player and is currently (2003) the manager of the Montreal Expos. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.Robinson had a very successful career with five teams: Cincinnati Reds (1956 - 1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966 - 1971), Los Angeles Dodgers (1972), California Angels (1973 - 1974) and Cleveland Indians (1974 - 1976). He was a member of two teams that won the World Series, the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles. Robinson was named MVP of the 1966 series. He was named Most Valuable Player twice, in 1961 with the Reds and again in 1966 with the Orioles, becoming the first player to win MVP awards in both leagues. In 1966 he hit for the Triple Crown, leading the American League with a .316 batting average, 49 home runs and 122 runs batted in.
Robinson's final career totals included a .294 average, 586 home runs, 1812 runs batted in, and 2808 games played.
Frank Robinson became the first black manager of a Major League Baseball team, when he was a player-manager with Cleveland in 1975. He managed the Cleveland Indians (1975 - 1977), San Francisco Giants (1981 - 1984) and Baltimore Orioles (1988 - 1991) and became manager of the Montreal Expos before the 2002 season. Robinson's managerial record coming in to 2002 is 680-751, a .475 record. He was awarded the American League Manager of the Year Award in 1989 for leading the Baltimore Orioles to an 87-75 record, a huge turnaround from their previous season in which they went 54-101.
In 1982, Frank Robinson was inducted into the United States Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Robinson is a city located in Crawford County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,822. It is the county seat of Crawford County6.Geography
Robinson is located at 39°0'22" North, 87°44'20" West (39.006185, -87.738778)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.6 km² (3.7 mi²). 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.63% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 6,822 people, 2,927 households, and 1,835 families residing in the city. The population density is 725.6/km² (1,881.9/mi²). There are 3,376 housing units at an average density of 359.1/km² (931.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.98% White, 1.16% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.66% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. 1.73% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,927 households out of which 29.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% are married couples living together, 11.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% are non-families. 32.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.27 and the average family size is 2.87. In the city the population is spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,153, and the median income for a family is $38,974. Males have a median income of $31,890 versus $21,338 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,637. 11.1% of the population and 8.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.4% are under the age of 18 and 8.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robinson, Illinois."
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Robinson is a city located in Brown County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 216.Geography
Robinson is located at 39°48'59" North, 95°24'38" West (39.816256, -95.410567)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 216 people, 94 households, and 62 families residing in the city. The population density is 347.5/km² (887.0/mi²). There are 111 housing units at an average density of 178.6/km² (455.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.98% White, 0.00% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.85% from other races, and 3.24% from two or more races. 1.85% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 94 households out of which 30.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% are married couples living together, 7.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% are non-families. 29.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 20.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.81. In the city the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 116.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.6 males. The median income for a household in the city is $20,938, and the median income for a family is $24,375. Males have a median income of $30,208 versus $16,364 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,203. 22.3% of the population and 13.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 39.1% are under the age of 18 and 22.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robinson, Kansas."
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Robinson is a city located in Kidder County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 71.Geography
Robinson is located at 47°8'35" North, 99°46'45" West (47.143094, -99.779129)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 71 people, 40 households, and 21 families residing in the city. The population density is 171.3/km² (432.2/mi²). There are 56 housing units at an average density of 135.1/km² (340.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 40 households out of which 10.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% are married couples living together, 2.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.5% are non-families. 47.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 30.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.78 and the average family size is 2.43. In the city the population is spread out with 11.3% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 14.1% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 45.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 59 years. For every 100 females there are 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,625, and the median income for a family is $33,333. Males have a median income of $25,625 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,712. 7.8% of the population and 8.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robinson, North Dakota."
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Robinson is a city located in McLennan County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 7,845.Geography
Robinson is located at 31°28'14" North, 97°7'10" West (31.470518, -97.119361)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 81.7 km² (31.6 mi²). 81.7 km² (31.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 7,845 people, 2,828 households, and 2,330 families residing in the city. The population density is 96.0/km² (248.6/mi²). There are 2,942 housing units at an average density of 36.0/km² (93.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 91.75% White, 2.09% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.27% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. 9.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,828 households out of which 37.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.2% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% are non-families. 15.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.77 and the average family size is 3.07. In the city the population is spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $49,404, and the median income for a family is $51,953. Males have a median income of $35,718 versus $23,623 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,680. 4.4% of the population and 3.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robinson, Texas."
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Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 - April 12,1989), better known in the boxing world as Sugar Ray Robinson, was a boxer who was a native of Detroit, Michigan.Robinson is the owner of many boxing records, including the one for the most times being a champion in a division, when he won the world Middleweight division title 5 times. He also won the world Welterweight title once.
- Sugar Ray Robinson - Robinson is regarded by many boxing fans and critics as the best boxer of all time. His supporters argue that while Muhammad Ali did more for the sport on a social scale, Robinson had a better style.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Robinson appeared several times on the cover of Ring Magazine, and he joined the Army for some time.
Robinson made his debut in 1940, knocking out Joe Eschevarria in 2 rounds. He was able to built a record of 40 wins and 0 losses before facing Jake LaMotta, in a 10 round bout. The bout, which was portrayed in the Hollywood movie The Raging Bull (which was based on Lamotta's life), was the second of six fights between these opponents, and Lamotta dropped Robinson, eventually beating him by decision. Robinson had won their first bout and would go on to win the next four. Between his debut fight and the second Lamotta bout, Robinson had also beaten former world champions Sammy Angott, Fritzie Zivic and Marty Servo.
The LaMotta loss occurred on February of 1943, and later that year, he faced LaMotta again, beating him on points, and three time world champion Henry Armstrong, also a points victim to Robinson. After his first career loss, he made 28 fights before challenging for his first world title, winning 27 and drawing one, versus Jose Basora of Puerto Rico. Then, on December 20, 1946, he and Tommy Bell were matched in New York, New York, for the vacant world's Welterweight title. Robinson became a world champion by beating Bell by a 15 round decision.
In 1947, he toured the United States, boxing 10 times in different locations from Miami to Los Angeles, but only one of them was a world title defense. In 1948, he fought five more times, but once again,with only one defense. However, among the fighters he defeated in non title bouts was another former world champion, Cuba's Kid Gavilan.
In 1949, he boxed 16 times, including 12 sanctioned bouts (in which he went 11-0-1) and four exhibition fights. His only defense that year was against Gavilan, who was once again beaten on points, this time over the championship distance of 15 rounds. The only boxer to come out of the ring without a defeat after fighting Robinson that year was Henry Brimm, who boxed him to a 10 round draw in Buffalo.
In 1950, Robinson made 19 fights, including 3 defending his title. Among the boxers he defeated that time were Basora and Carl Olson, a world Middleweight champion whom Robinson would meet and beat four times during his career. The Basora rematch set a record that would stand for a very long time: It was the fastest knockout ever in a world title fight, lasting only 50 seconds. That record stood for 38 years.
In 1951, four events that became very important in his life happened: among his 12 bouts that year, three fights marked his career, and he began a tour of Europe. On February 14, be and LaMotta met for the sixth time, in a fight that would become known as boxing's version of The St. Valentine's Day Massacre. This bout was also portrayed in The Raging Bull, and Robinson conquered the world's Middleweight title for the first time, with a 13 round technical knockout win. After that, he embarked on his European tour, which would take him to Paris, Zurich, Antwerp, Liege, Berlin, Turin and London among other places. During his fight in Berlin, versus Gerhard Hecht, he was declared a loser after hitting his opponent on the kidneys, but this was later changed and the fight declared a no-contest. And in London, he lost the world Middleweight title to Randy Turpin.
Three months later, he beat Turpin in a New York rematch to recover the title, on a 15 round unanious decision. That would be the last fight for him that year.
Then in 1952, he met Olson again, knocking him out yet once again, and then he retained his title with a three round knockout of Rocky Graziano, another former world champ. In his last fight that year, he challenged world Light Heavyweight champion Joey Maxim for the title at Yankee Stadium, and, in a day where the outside heat and the ring's lights combined to have a 140 degree heat inside the ring, Robinson built a points lead, but collapsed in round 14, suffering his only knockout defeat ever. After the fight, he was diagnosed with heat exhaustion at a local hospital.
After that bout, he retired, but in 1954, he came back, and made one fight. In 1955, he won five fights and lost one, before challenging Olson for Olson's world Middleweight title, and Robinson won the title for the third time, with a knockout in two rounds. In 1956, he had two fights, including a fourth fight with Olson, where Robinson risked his title and won again, by a knockout in four. In 1957, he lost to Gene Fullmer while defending his title, but he won the title for a record fourth time by knocking out Fullmer in five rounds in the rematch. Boxing critics have referred to the punch with which Robinson knocked out Fullmer in their rematch as The Perfect Punch. He made two exhibition bouts, and then lost his title to Carmen Basilio to end the year.
In 1958, he made only one fight, recovering the title once again and breaking his own record, by beating Basilio on points at Chicago.
In Robinson's only bout in 1959, he beat Bob Young in Boston by a 10 round decision, but in 1960, he lost the title for the last time, to Paul Pender, also in Boston. He tried to break his own record and win the world Middleweight title a sixth time in a rematch with Pender, but lost on points once again. Then, on December 3, he and Fullmer met once again, with Fullmer once again as king of the Middleweights, in another Robinson attempt to break his own record. But the fight ended in a 15 round draw, and Fullmer retained the title.
One more attempt to break his own record came in 1961 in Las Vegas, with a fourth bout versus Fullmer, who beat him on points the last time they met inside the ring. The rest of the 1960s were spent fighting 10 round bouts, including a win versus future world champion Denny Moyer and a 10 round decision loss to former world champion and fellow hall of famer Joey Giardello. He toured Europe once again, and visited cities like Rome and Wien on his second European boxing tour.
In 1970, Robinson had 14 bouts, going 8-5 with one no contest during that span. After his last bout, a ten round loss at the hands of Joey Archibald, he announced his retirement for good.
Robinson suffered from diabetes and was an insulin user. During a period of his life, he, like fellow boxing legend Joe Louis, had a problem with drug addiction. He was also a very good friend of Frank Sinatra and had close ties to The Rat Pack.
Legend has it that one time during the '70s, Robinson walked into a gym in Miami and he was impressed by a young boxer he saw there. That boxer's name was Alexis Arguello.
Legend also has it that one day, a young aspiring boxer walked into Robinson's restaurant in Harlem and asked for an autograph. When the young child asked for an autograph, Robinson supposedly denied it, and the kid was so frustrated according to the legend, and he swore never to deny anyone an autograph if he ever became a champion. That young kid was Muhammad Ali.
Robinson retired from the ring with a record of 179 wins, 19 losses, 6 draws and 2 no contests in 206 professional bouts, with 109 knockout wins, ranking him among the most prolific knockout winners of all time according to The Ring Magazine.
He died in Los Angeles at the age of 68 and was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
He is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sugar Ray Robinson."
Synonyms: RobinsonSynonyms: Edward G. Robinson (n), Edward Goldenberg Robinson (n), Edwin Arlington Robinson (n), Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson (n), Jack Roosevelt Robinson (n), Jackie Robinson (n), James Harvey Robinson (n), Lennox Robinson (n), Ray Robinson (n), Robert Robinson (n), Sir Robert Robinson (n), Sugar Ray Robinson (n), Walker Smith (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Noun: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders; vulgar herd, common herd; rank and file, hoc genus omne; the many, the general,the crowd, the people, the populace, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry; king Mob; proletariat; fruges consumere nati, demos, hoi polloi, great unwashed; man in the street. |
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Crosswords: Robinson |
| English words defined with "Robinson": Alexander Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk ♦ Daniel Defoe, Defoe ♦ man Friday ♦ Selcraig, Selkirk ♦ To account of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Robinson": Beauty of Buttermere, Brown, Jones, and Robinson ♦ Florizel, FUBAR ♦ Hatching success ♦ IFP ♦ Juan Fernandez ♦ LOGLISP ♦ Philip Quarl, Prosperity Robinson ♦ Quarll ♦ Stockwell Ghost, Swiss Family Robinson ♦ Tyropoeon Valley ♦ White Friars ♦ Xury. (references) |
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Screenplays | I used to live like Robinson and Crusoe, shipwrecked among 8 million people but one day I saw a footprint in the sand and there you were (The Apartment; writing credit: Billy Wilder ; I.A.L. Diamond) Anne Robinson, my arse (The Royle Family; writing credit: Caroline Aherne; Craig Cash) In the name of God, believe Tom Robinson. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote) Hey, Glass Family Robinson, you're wasting your breath (Thir13en Ghosts; writing credit: Neal Stevens) It's part Smokey Robinson, Part Gladys Knight, but it's all me. (The Best of Times; writing credit: Ron Shelton) | |
Lyrics | And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson (MRS. ROBINSON; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson (MRS. ROBINSON; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson (MRS. ROBINSON; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) | |
Clever | Notice: The only person getting his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Robinson Crusoe (1974) Mein lieber Robinson (1971) Robinson und seine wilden Sklavinnen (1971) | |
Song Titles | Mrs. Robinson (performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) | |
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 | Senator Richard Schweiker, Dr. Roslyn Robinson, and Senator Edward Kennedy in CDC Maximum Containment Lab during Senate Hearing on Legionnaires' Disease, CDC, 11/9/77. Credit: CDC. |  | Figure 39. Current indicator invented by James Norman Carruthers in 1924. This meter works on the principle used in the Robinson anenometer. Left: picture of the unit. Right: unit open to view interior mechanism. This current meter was meant primarily for use by fishermen. It was first tested off the fireboat SAINT NICHOLAS off Great Yarmouth, Great Britain, in 1924. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | South facade from southwest. Photograph by Cervin Robinson, August 18, 1963. (Reproduction Number: HABS, ILL,16-CHIG,33-2) The Robie House has the distinction of being the most frequently requested structure in the HABS and HAER collections. When Frederick C. Robie, a 33-year old engineer and bicycle manufacturing company president, wanted to build a new house, he sought out Frank Lloyd Wright. One of the best known of Wright's early Prairie houses, it was completed in 1909 and remains an icon of the modern movement in architecture. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S. Army Station Hospital, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas. : Central heating plant. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U.S. Army. Base Hospital No.37, Dartford, England. : Patients- Group of American wounded with Mrs. Robinson, Chairman of the ARC visitors stationed here. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | In a drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 29 May 1943. The three ships in the foreground are (from left): USS Enright (DE-216), USS Coolbaugh (DE-217) and USS Darby (DE-218). Those in the background are (from left), USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE-219), USS Francis M. Robinson (DE-220) and USS Solar (DE-221). Credit: NAVY. |
 | View on deck looking forward on the starboard side, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. The turret, with the muzzle of one of Monitor's two XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns showing, is at left. Note dents in turret armor from hits by Confederate heavy guns and crewmembers atop the turret. Officers at right are (left to right): Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell (seated) and Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye (with binoculars). This photograph forms a stereograph pair with Photo # NH 2780. Credit: NAVY. |  | The General David Robinson House, 1795-96, Old Bennington, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | H.R. Robinson 52 Courtland St. Caricatures & prints. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | W. H. Robinson. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "RobotToy" by Jerry Zee Commentary: "A robot windup toy reminded me of TV show where the robot says :WARNING WILL ROBINSON, WARNING:." |
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John Robinson | I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities. |
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Health | Dr. Robinson again stressed, however, that while XXY males share many characteristics, they cannot be pigeonholed into rigid categories. (references) | |
According to Dr. Robinson, the director of the NICHD-funded study, XXY babies differ little from other children their age. They tend to start life as what many parents call "good" babies-quiet, undemanding, and perhaps even a little passive. (references) | ||
Business | Moreover, companies that use the Robinson List can rightfully claim that they respect the ethics code for advertising. (references) | |
Many major manufacturers -- such as Ashdale Healthcare, Robinson Healthcare, Smith & Nephew Rehabilitation, and Sunrise Medical -- have mail order catalogues. (references) | ||
Companies and advertisers can subscribe to the Robinson List for a fee and avoid costly printing, handling, and postage costs involved in mailing advertising material to recipients completely uninterested in such material. (references) | ||
Children | Brazil | In December U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson stated that police violence against street children is one of the U.N.'s principal concerns. (references) |
Economic History | Trinidad and Tobago | Tobago's A.N.R. Robinson, the NAR's political leader, was named Prime Minister. (references) |
Ireland | Mary Robinson of the Labour Party shocked the political establishment by winning the 1990 presidential election. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | UNHCHR Robinson suggested in 1999 that the Government consider creating a military human rights ombudsman to combat impunity in the armed forces. (references) |
Russia | Authorities asserted that Robinson distorted the true nature of the state of affairs and that Russia never hid the truth about the situation in Chechnya. (references) | |
Brazil | In May 2000, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson visited the country and met with a full range of NGO's as well as government officials. (references) | |
Political Economy | Colombia | In her annual report to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Ms. Robinson criticized the Government for failing to fight the paramilitaries. (references) |
Colombia | In April the U.N. Human Rights Commissioner, Mary Robinson, presented a report that strongly criticized the rising number of massacres and disappearances, and the growth of paramilitary forces in the country. (references) | |
Ireland | The current president, Mary McAleese, was elected on October 30, 1997. Both McAleese and her predecessor Mary Robinson (the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) expanded the role of the President, through their use of the "bully pulpit." Increasingly, the President will play a larger role in shaping the Irish political debate. (references) | |
Political Rights | Trinidad and Tobago | Both parties looked to President A.N.R. Robinson to break the deadlock by appointing as Prime Minister that candidate most likely to be able to command a majority in Parliament. (references) |
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| "Robinson" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "Robinson" is used about 1,324 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.7% | 1,320 | 6,008 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.3% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,324 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Robinson" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Robinson | Last name | 233,000 | 20 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Singapore | Robinson and Company, Limited | Thailand | Robinson Department Store Public Company Limited |
| United Kingdom | Hogg Robinson plc | USA | C.H. Robinson Worldwide Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Robinson, IL (city, FIPS 64707) 2. Robinson, KS (city, FIPS 60325) 3. Robinson, ND (city, FIPS 67180) 4. Robinson, PA 5. Robinson, TX (city, FIPS 62588) |
Expressions using "Robinson": before one can say jack robinson ♦ before you could say jack robinson ♦ Edward G. Robinson ♦ Edward Goldenberg Robinson ♦ Edwin Arlington Robinson ♦ esme Stuart Lennox Robinson ♦ heath robinson ♦ Henry Robinson Luce ♦ jack robinson ♦ Jack Roosevelt Robinson ♦ Jackie Robinson ♦ James Harvey Robinson ♦ John Robinson Jeffers ♦ Lennox Robinson ♦ North Robinson ♦ Ray Robinson ♦ Robert Robinson ♦ Robinson Creek ♦ Robinson Crusoe ♦ Robinson direction finder ♦ Robinson Jeffers ♦ Robinson Township ♦ Sir Robert Robinson ♦ sugar Ray Robinson. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Robinson": Robinson-humphrey, Robinson-huron, Robinson-pattisson. | |
Ending with "Robinson": Bertotti-robinson, Rowan-robinson, Taylor-robinson. | |
Containing "Robinson": Heath-robinson-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
david robinson | 938 | brett robinson.com | 96 |
jackie robinson | 875 | jackie robinson picture | 92 |
may robinson | 784 | john robinson | 91 |
smokey robinson | 404 | author family robinson swiss | 88 |
robinson | 383 | brett robinson realty | 87 |
brett robinson | 379 | jb robinson jeweler | 82 |
chris robinson | 333 | mcnally robinson | 76 |
swiss family robinson | 249 | wendy raquel robinson | 76 |
robinson crusoe | 218 | jackie robinson biography | 75 |
robinson club tulum | 206 | butterfield robinson | 73 |
ch robinson | 185 | james robinson | 67 |
shawna robinson | 170 | david robinson jersey | 67 |
robinson helicopter | 154 | scott robinson | 67 |
robinson illinois | 120 | sugar ray robinson | 63 |
jb robinson | 115 | smokey robinson lyrics | 61 |
club robinson | 114 | dawn robinson | 58 |
mrs robinson | 106 | brook robinson | 57 |
joli robinson | 104 | gene rev robinson v | 57 |
department may robinson store | 99 | lyrics mrs robinson | 57 |
mall robinson | 97 | robinson patman act | 56 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Robinson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Robinson-pejler (Robinson direction finder), måling af maksimal diuresekapacitet (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
Dutch | Robinson-peiler (Robinson direction finder), watertest van Robinson (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
Finnish | Robinson-suunnin (Robinson direction finder), virtsan laimennuskoe (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
French | radiogoniomètre Robinson (Robinson direction finder), test à l'eau de Robinson (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
German | Robinson-Peiler (Robinson direction finder), Robinson-Kepler-Power-Test (Robinson water test), fantastisch (fancifully, fantastic, heath robinson). (various references) | |
Greek | δοκιμασία ύδατος,του Robinson (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
Hungarian | egy szempillantás alatt (as quick as lightning, before you could say jack robinson, in a crack, in a jiff, in a jiffy, in the twinkling of an eye). (various references) | |
Italian | radiogoniometro Robinson (Robinson direction finder), test all'acqua di Robinson (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obinsonray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | radiogoniómetro Robinson (Robinson direction finder). (various references) | |
Romanian | imediat (anon, at once, before you could say jack robinson, directly, eftsoons, forthright, forthwith, immediate, immediately, in a trice, instanter, instantly, now, on short notice, on the instant, on the spot, out of hand, Pat, present, presently, prompt, quick as flash, right away, slick, soon, speak away, straight, straight away, this instant, urgent), cât ai zice peşte (before one can say jack robinson, in a jiffy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | robinzon. (various references) | |
Spanish | radiogoniómetro Robinson (Robinson direction finder), prueba del agua de Robinson (Robinson water test). (various references) | |
Swedish | Robinson-pejl (Robinson direction finder), innan man visste ordet av (before you could say jack robinson), i en handvändning (before you could say jack robinson, in a trice). (various references) | |
Turkish | kaşla göz arasında (before you could say jack robinson, in a flash, in a jiffy, in a tick, in a wink, in the twinkle of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in two ticks, like winking), göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar (before you could say jack robinson, in a jiffy, in the twinkle of an eye, like winking). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Robinson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Orbinson, Robinsonii, Robionson. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-n-n-o-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ronions. | |
-2 letters: borons, inborn, onions, orison, robins, ronion. | |
-3 letters: bison, boons, boors, boron, boson, brins, brios, broos, irons, noirs, noons, noris, onion, ornis, robin, rosin. | |
-4 letters: bins, bios, boon, boor, boos, born, brin, brio, bris, broo, bros, inns, inro, ions, iron, nibs, nobs, noir, noon, nori, obis, orbs, ribs, rins, robs, snib, snob, soon. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-n-n-o-o-r-s" | |
+3 letters: brownnosing, subornation. | |
+4 letters: boutonnieres, brominations, carbonations, conurbations, snowboarding, subornations. | |
+5 letters: bioconversion, contributions, immunosorbent, nonabsorptive, snowboardings, subordination. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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