Lambert (automobile)
WordNet
noun
(1) English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
(2) A cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
WiktionaryText
Etymology
+ , a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by Normans, and partly merged with a corresponding name.
Proper noun
- ; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
- A lunar impact crater.
Quotations
- 1597 William Shakespeare: Richard II: Act I, Scene I :
- At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:
- There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
- The swelling difference of your settled hate
Proper noun
- , cognate to English Lambert. Rather rare today.