William Gilbert

Definitions of William Gilbert

1. noun

   a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
   synonyms: Gilbert, Sir 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 court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
   synonyms: Gilbert

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

   a licensed medical practitioner

   physicist

   a scientist trained in physics