/ Dictionary / Index W Wilkins: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Wil•kins Pronunciation: (wil'kinz), [key] — n. 1888–1958, Australian Antarctic explorer, aviator, and aerial navigator. See born 1916, English biophysicist born in New Zealand: Nobel prize for medicine 1962. 1901–81, U.S. journalist and civil-rights leader: executive secretary of the NAACP, 1955–77. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: wilkins (Thesaurus) Wilkes Land Wilkinsburg Related Content Daily Word Quiz: diaphanous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language