Gilbert

Other forms: Gilberts

Definitions of Gilbert

1. noun

   a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
   synonyms: Sir William Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert

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   librettist

   a writer who creates the scripts for operas and musicals

   poet

   a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
2. noun

   English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
   synonyms: Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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   navigator

   in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
3. noun

   United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
   synonyms: Cass Gilbert

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   architect, designer

   someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
4. noun

   English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
   synonyms: William Gilbert

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   Dr., MD, doc, doctor, medico, physician

   a licensed medical practitioner

   physicist

   a scientist trained in physics