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Definition: Meaning of, gilbert in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈgɪlbət /

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  1. a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
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    Gb, Gi
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Gilbert


Definition: Meaning of, Gilbert in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈgɪlbət /

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  1. 1540-1603 english court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism
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    William Gilbert
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  2. 1539-1583 english navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America
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    Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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  3. 1859-1934 united States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper
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    Cass Gilbert
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  4. 1836-1911 a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas
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    William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert
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Gilbert used in phrases

  • Cass Gilbert (noun)
    1. 1859-1934 united States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper
  • George Gilbert Aime Murphy (noun)
    1. 1866-1957 born in Australia british classical scholar who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations
  • Gilbert Charles Stuart (noun)
    1. 1755-1828 united States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington
  • Gilbert Islands (noun)
    1. a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979
  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton (noun)
    1. 1874-1936 conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown
  • Gilbert Murray (noun)
    1. 1866-1957 born in Australia british classical scholar who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations
  • Gilbert Stuart (noun)
    1. 1755-1828 united States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington
  • Gilbert and Ellice Islands (noun)
    1. a former British possession in Micronesia
  • Gilbert and Sullivan
    1. two British men, W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), who wrote many humorous OPERETTA s (= plays with songs) from 1871 to 1896. Gilbert wrote the words and Sullivan wrote the music. Their OPERETTAs, which include The MIKADO (1885) and The PIRATES OF PENZANCE (1879), made fun of politicians and other well-known people of the time.
  • Humphrey Gilbert (noun)
    1. 1539-1583 english navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America
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