Noun hughes has 4 senses
- Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughes - English poet (born in 1930)
--1 is a kind of poet
- Hughes, Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughes - United States writer (1902-1967)
--2 is a kind of writer, author
- Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes - United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)
--3 is a kind of industrialist; aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer; film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker
- Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes - United States jurist who served on the Supreme Court (1862-1948)
--4 is a kind of jurist, legal expert
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