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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1878, type of gun named for its inventor, Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885). In Japanese, the word for "stapler" is hotchikisu after the E. H. Hotchkiss Company of Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S., early and prominent manufacturer of staplers (incorporated 1895, name from 1897), which apparently was run by relatives of the gun inventor. The surname (attested from late 15c. as Hochekys) is a variant of Hodgkin.
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Wikipedia
Hotchkiss may refer to:
Hotchkiss were luxury cars made between 1903 and 1955 by the French company Hotchkiss et Cie in Saint-Denis, Paris. The badge for the marque showed a pair of crossed cannons, evoking the company's history as an arms manufacturer.
The company's first entry into car making came from orders for engine components such as crankshafts which were supplied to Panhard et Levassor, De Dion-Bouton and other pioneering companies and in 1903 they went on to make complete engines. Encouraged by two major car distributors, Mann & Overton of London and Fournier of Paris, Hotchkiss decided to start making their own range of cars and purchased a Mercedes Simplex for inspiration and Georges Terasse, previously of Mors, was taken on as designer.
Hotchkiss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826–1885), 19th-century American engineer
- George Hotchkiss cofounder of E. H. Hotchkiss Company
- Eli Hubbel Hotchkiss son of George Hotchkiss and cofounder of E. H. Hotchkiss Company
- Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815–1878), American politician
- Harley Hotchkiss (1927–2011), Canadian businessman
- Herman Hotchkiss (1765–1836), American settler
- Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899), cartographer for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
- Julius Hotchkiss (1810–1878), American politician
- L. D. Hotchkiss (1893–1964), American journalist
- Maria Bissell Hotchkiss (1827–1901), wife of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss and founder of The Hotchkiss School and Hotchkiss Library
- Merritt Hotchkiss, Canadian politician
- Ralf Hotchkiss, American inventor
- Rollin Hotchkiss (1911–2004), American biochemist
- Sylvester Hotchkiss, American architect
- William Horace Hotchkiss (1864–?), American writer
- William O. Hotchkiss (1878–1954), American geologist
- William Hotchkiss III (born 1943), former commanding general of the Philippine Air Force
Usage examples of "hotchkiss".
I suppose you know" - to Hotchkiss - "that the police were here while we were at Cresson, and that they found the bag that I brought from the wreck?
C'erano tua madre e la mia e poi una ragazza che si chiamava Carolyn Hotchkiss, il cui padre abita tuttora a Grove, e un'altra ancora.
Le altre due, Trudi Katz e Joyce McGuire, erano già in acqua, perciò rivolse la sua attenzione a Carolyn Hotchkiss, che in quel momento si stava togliendo il reggiseno.
Hotchkiss carried the fire tongs, but my sense of humor was too strong for me.
I am aware that the traditional hero is always armed, and that Hotchkiss as the low comedian should have had a revolver that missed fire.
We were on the unrailed front porch by that time, and Hotchkiss had put away his notebook.