Gilbert (given name)
WordNet
noun
(1) United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
(2) English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
(3) English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
(4) A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
(5) A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
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Etymology
+ . Name of a 12th century English saint.
Quotations
- 1605 William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, 1870, p.81:
- Gilbert - - - because it is written in Dooms-day book Gislebert, I judge it rather to signifie Bright or brave pledge - - - .So it is a well fitting name for children which are the only sweet pledges and pawns of love between man and wife.
Proper noun
- , cognate to Gilbert.
Proper noun
- , cognate to Gilbert.