Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
 
Help

Calvin

 - 3 dictionary results

Cal⋅vin

[kal-vin]
–noun
1. John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin), 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
2. Melvin, 1911–97, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1961.
3. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “bald.”
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To Calvin
Cal·vin   (kāl'vĭn)   
French-born Swiss Protestant theologian who broke with the Roman Catholic Church (1533) and set forth the tenets of his theology, known today as Presbyterianism, in Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536).
Calvin, Melvin 1911-1997.  
American chemist. He won a 1961 Nobel Prize for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see Calvin on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: