From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gilbert \Gilbert\ prop. n.
William Schwenk Gilbert, an English dramatist born at London
Nov. 18, 1836. He is most famous for his collaborations with
Sir Arthur Sullivan on a number of humorous light operas
which are known as "Gilbert and Sullivan Operas". His first
play was "Dulcamara" (1866). He also wrote "The Palace of
Truth" (1870), "Pygmalion and Galatea" (1871), "Sweethearts"
(1874), "Engaged" (1877), "The Mountebanks" (1891), and in
collaboration with Sir A. Sullivan (who wrote the music), he
wrote "The Sorcerer" (1877), "H. M. S. Pinafore" (1878), "The
Pirates of Penzance" (1879), "Patience" (1881), "Iolanthe"
(1883), "The Mikado" (1885), "Ruddygore" (1887), "The Yeomen
of the Guard" (1888), "The Gondoliers" (1889), and "Utopia,
limited" (1893). The light operas proved very popular and
continue to be performed over one hundred years later. He
also published other works.
[Century Dict. 1906 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gilbert
n 1: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
[syn: {gilbert}, {Gb}, {Gi}]
2: a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan
in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) [syn:
{Gilbert}, {William Gilbert}, {William S. Gilbert}, {William
Schwenk Gilbert}, {Sir William Gilbert}]
3: English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial
magnetism (1540-1603) [syn: {Gilbert}, {William Gilbert}]
4: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the
first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn:
{Gilbert}, {Humphrey Gilbert}, {Sir Humphrey Gilbert}]
5: United States architect who influenced the development of the
skyscraper (1859-1934) [syn: {Gilbert}, {Cass Gilbert}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Gilbert /gilbɛrt/
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