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Hobbes
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An English surname, most famously borne by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
"Hobbes argued that life without government would be nasty, brutish, and short."
Word Forms
Hobbeses plural
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Etymology
From a medieval diminutive of the given name Robert plus the patronymic suffix -s.