Hawkeye

noun

Hawk·​eye ˈhȯk-ˌī How to pronounce Hawkeye (audio)
: a native or resident of Iowa
used as a nickname

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No single hero led an iteration of Thunderbolts in the comics as long as Hawkeye. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 Team Cap consists of Falcon, Bucky, Hawkeye, Wanda and Ant-Man, while Team Iron Man is War Machine, Black Widow, Vision and newcomers Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland). Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025 Well… * Sugar Season 2 has added Jin Ha (Pachinko), Laura Donnelly (The Nevers, Outlander) and Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul, Hawkeye) as series regulars, our sister site Deadline reports. Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025 Matt had a fling with Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk and popped up in a flashback in Echo to fight Maya Lopez, who shot out the eye of her adoptive uncle (and later failed mentor), Fisk, in Hawkeye. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Hawkeye

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Hawkeye was in 1823

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“Hawkeye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hawkeye. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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