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Noun: gilbert  gilburt
  1. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
    - Gb, Gi
Noun: Gilbert  gilburt
  1. A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
    - William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert
     
  2. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
    - William Gilbert
     
  3. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
    - Cass Gilbert
     
  4. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
    - Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Derived forms: gilberts, Gilberts

See also: Gilbertian

Type of: architect, designer, doc, doctor, Dr., librettist, magnetomotive force unit, MD, medico, navigator, physician, physicist, poet

Encyclopedia: Gilbert, Cass Gilbert, Comte de Montpensier Gilbert, Arkansas Gilbert, Bishop of London Gilbert, Count of Montpensier Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy Gilbert, Count of Brionne Gilbert, Count of Gravina Gilbert, Arizona Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Strathearn Gilbert Gilbert, 1st Baronet Blane Gilbert, AZ Gilbert, Anthony Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Stratherne Gilbert, AR Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine Gilbert, SC Gilbert, South Carolina Gilbert, Minnesota Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent Gilbert, West Virginia Gilbert, mn Gilbert, WV Gilbert, Walter Gilbert, Martin Gilbert, Iowa Gilbert, John Gilbert, Earl of Orkney Gilbert, IA Gilbert, Louisiana Gilbert, MN Gilbert, LA Gilbert, Lord of Galloway