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gilbert
/ˈɡɪlbɚt/
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What does gilbert mean?
noun
- The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname.
More meanings (11)
proper noun
- A town in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- A small town in Searcy County, Arkansas.
- A city in Story County, Iowa.
- A village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.
- A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
- A ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
- An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.
- A town in Mingo County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Bradley, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɪlbɚt/
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I am sensible that Mr. Aubrey Gilbert is by no means ideal as the leading juvenile of our piece.
“Anne, you’ve passed,” she cried, “passed the very first--you and Gilbert both--you’re ties--but your name is first. Oh, I’m so proud!”
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The stranger then lowered his top-gallant sails and hauled his foreyards aback, and in about twenty-five minutes Mr. Gilbert was alongside.
“Mrs. Gilbert does not mean to dance, but there is a young lady disengaged whom I should be very glad to see dancing—Miss Smith.”
Nothing better illustrates the sway of the mediaeval theology, or better explains his blindness to the discoveries of Copernicus and to the experiments of Gilbert.