GILBERT

• (noun) United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)

  synonyms : cass gilbert

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

  synonyms : humphrey gilbert , sir humphrey gilbert

• (noun) English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

  synonyms : william gilbert

• (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

• (noun) a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

  synonyms : gb , gi

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