Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gilbert

5 senses of gilbert

Sense 1
gilbert, Gb, Gi -- (a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns)
       => magnetomotive force unit -- (a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force)

Sense 2
Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert -- (a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911))
       INSTANCE OF=> librettist -- (author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta)
       INSTANCE OF=> poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 3
Gilbert, William Gilbert -- (English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603))
       INSTANCE OF=> doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico -- (a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor")
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 4
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert -- (English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583))
       INSTANCE OF=> navigator -- (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

Sense 5
Gilbert, Cass Gilbert -- (United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934))
       INSTANCE OF=> architect, designer -- (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))