Howard Hughes

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An American businessman, pilot, and film producer known for building new planes and later living alone

proper noun
/ˈhaʊərd hjuːz/

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Many people admire Howard Hughes for his contributions to aviation.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Examples

Howard Hughes was a pioneering Howard Hughes known for breaking speed records in the early 20th century.
Howard Hughes was an innovator!
Howard Hughes was famous for breaking aviation records and pushing the limits of aircraft technology.
Many books and films have chronicled the mysterious later years of Howard Hughes.
The legacy of Howard Hughes still influences the aerospace industry today.
In Hollywood, Howard Hughes became famous not only as a film producer but also for his eccentric lifestyle.
As a young man, Howard Hughes inherited a fortune that allowed him to explore his passions in aviation and film.

Surface Forms

Howard Hughes main

Morphology

Howard + Hughes

Howard Hughes is a proper name; the constituents 'Howard' and 'Hughes' do not carry semantic content that would allow a learner to infer his identity or roles (industrialist, aviator, film producer). Recognizing it as a person's name is possible, but the specific biographical meaning requires world knowledge rather than compositional inference.

Etymology

Howard Hughes belongs to an American businessman, pilot and film producer who built record-breaking airplanes and made big Hollywood movies. Later he shut himself away from people and became very private, so his life is remembered as both daring and secretive.