gilbert
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1. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934) (noun.person)
2. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | navigator, |
definition | : | in earlier times, a person who explored by ship (noun.person) |
3. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | physicist, |
definition | : | a scientist trained in physics (noun.person) |
4. a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) (noun.person)
instance hypernym | : | librettist, |
definition | : | author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta (noun.person) |
instance hypernym | : | poet, |
definition | : | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) (noun.person) |
5. a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns (noun.quantity)
hypernym | : | magnetomotive force unit, |
definition | : | a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force (noun.quantity) |
6. a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) (noun.person)
derivation | : | gilbertian, |
definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | gilbertian, |
definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert (adj.pert) |
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