Definition of Hanks

1. Noun. United States film actor (born in 1956).

Exact synonyms: Thomas J. Hanks, Tom Hanks
Generic synonyms: Actor, Histrion, Player, Role Player, Thespian

Definition of Hanks

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of hank) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hanks

1. hank [v] - See also: hank

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hanks

Hangzhou
Hangzhou Bay
Hanhart's syndrome
Hani
Hania
Hanif
Hanja
Hank
Hank Aaron
Hank Marvin
Hank Williams
Hankin
Hankins
Hankinson
Hanko
Hanks
Hanks' solution
Hanks dilators
Hanlon's razor
Hann
Hanna
Hannah
Hannah Arendt
Hannes Alfven
Hannibal
Hannover
Hannover's canal
Hannukah
Hannukkah
Hanoi

Literary usage of Hanks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Mandamus by WE Bowers against JD hanks, Chairman of the Board of ... Mandamus nisi issued; and in reply thereto JD hanks, as chairman of said board, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"John F. hanks, the owner of considerable property, real and personal, in the State of Arkansas, including the lands in dispute, died in 1864, ..."

3. Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life by William Henry Herndon (1999)
"John hanks, son of that Joseph hanks in whose shop at Elizabethtown Thomas ... What part of the work fell to his lot our only chronicler, John hanks, ..."

4. Western North Carolina: A History (1730-1913) by John Preston Arthur (1914)
"That instead of clearing up the mystery of Nancy hanks' birth, Mrs. Hitchcock has only made confusion worse confounded. In fact, she shows that Thomas ..."

5. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1848)
"The experience of the past is already thrown to the winds, and hanks aro rapidly multiplying in all directions. Iu the state of New-York, new chartere are ..."

6. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1910)
"DENNIS hanks. [Dennis Ranki was a relative and boy-chum of Lincoln. Following monologue is from actual interview with hanks.] SCENE: Sitting-room interior. ..."

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