English noun: Hoyle | |||
1. | Hoyle (person) an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001) | ||
Synonyms | Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle | ||
Instance hypernym | astrophysicist | ||
2. | Hoyle (person) English writer on card games (1672-1769) | ||
Synonyms | Edmond Hoyle | ||
Instance hypernym | author, card player, writer | ||