gilbert

Noun

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

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

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

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Gilbert , Cass Gilbert , Humphrey Gilbert , Sir Humphrey Gilbert , William Gilbert , William S. Gilbert , William Schwenk Gilbert , Sir William Gilbert , Gb , Gi