Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gilbert"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gilbert
n 1: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
[syn: {Gb}, {Gi}]
2: a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan
in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) [syn: {Gilbert},
{William Gilbert}, {William Schwenk Gilbert}, {Sir
William Gilbert}]
3: English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial
magnetism (1540-1603) [syn: {Gilbert}, {William Gilbert}]
4: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland
the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
[syn: {Gilbert}, {Humphrey Gilbert}, {Sir Humphrey Gilbert}]
5: United States architect who influenced the development of
the skyscraper (1859-1934) [syn: {Gilbert}, {Cass Gilbert}]
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