Akademik

Gilbert

noun

1. a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

• Syn: ↑William Gilbert, ↑William S. Gilbert, ↑William Schwenk Gilbert, ↑Sir William Gilbert

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Gilbertian

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑librettist, ↑poet

2. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

• Syn: ↑William Gilbert

• Instance Hypernyms:

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

3. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)

• Syn: ↑Humphrey Gilbert, ↑Sir Humphrey Gilbert

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑navigator

4. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)

• Syn: ↑Cass Gilbert

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑architect, ↑designer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.