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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sher•lock (shûr′lok),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]- Informal Termsa private detective.
- Informal Termsa person remarkably adept at solving mysteries, esp. by using insight and logical deduction:Who's the sherlock who can tell me where my pen is?
Also, Sher′lock. - after Sherlock Holmes, fictitious detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sher•lock (shûr′lok),USA pronunciation n. - a male given name: from an Old English word meaning "fair-haired.''
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Holmes (hōmz, hōlmz),USA pronunciation n. John Haynes (hānz),USA pronunciation 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.Oliver Wen•dell (wen′dl),USA pronunciation 1809–94, U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, and physician.- Biographicalhis son, Oliver Wendell, 1841–1935, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902–32.
- Literature Sherlock, a detective in many mystery stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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