HOWARD HUGHES

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• HOWARD HUGHES (noun)
  The noun HOWARD HUGHES has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: HOWARD HUGHES used as a noun is very rare.

• HOWARD HUGHES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Howard Hughes; Howard Robard Hughes; Hughes

Instance hypernyms:

aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

 Context examples 

A team of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Rockefeller University has been exploring a different approach.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)