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 | ||