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HUME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish philosopher skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)
Synonyms:
David Hume; Hume
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Context examples:
“May I ask, Mr. Referee, whether these two men have been weighed?” asked Sir Lothian Hume, standing up in the outer ring.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Do you consent to a draw, Sir Lothian Hume?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“The ring’s broken!” shouted Sir Lothian Hume.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I appeal to the referee!” cried Sir Lothian Hume.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Gentlemen, cried Jackson, again, I am requested to inform you that Sir Charles Tregellis’s nominee is Jack Harrison, fighting at thirteen-eight, and Sir Lothian Hume’s is Crab Wilson, at thirteen-three.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have myself set an example by making a match with Sir Lothian Hume, the terms of which will be communicated to you by that gentleman.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sir Lothian Hume and his man are at Reigate.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sir Lothian Hume is his patron, and to make a long story short, he lays me odds that I won’t find a young one of his weight to meet him.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It will be a bright day for Sir Lothian Hume when they can prove him dead, for he is next of kin, and till then he can touch neither title nor estate.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, then, I had finished my toilet in an hour or so—for I was less exigeant in those days than now—and I met Sir Lothian Hume at breakfast.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
