Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun parkinson

2 senses of parkinson

Sense 1
Parkinson, James Parkinson -- (English surgeon (1755-1824))
       INSTANCE OF=> surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones -- (a physician who specializes in surgery)

Sense 2
Parkinson, C. Northcote Parkinson, Cyril Northcote Parkinson -- (British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993))
       INSTANCE OF=> historian, historiographer -- (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)

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