Search Result for "william gilbert":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. 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]

2. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603);
[syn: Gilbert, William Gilbert]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

William Gilbert
    n 1: 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]
    2: English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial
       magnetism (1540-1603) [syn: Gilbert, William Gilbert]