noun Frances Hodg·son [hoj-suh n] /ˈhɒdʒ sən/, 1849–1924, U.S. novelist, born in England. nounFrances Hodgson (ˈhɒdʒsən). 1849–1924, US novelist, born in England; author of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1911)