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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.

masc. proper name, from Old French Guillebert (from Old High German Williberht, literally "a bright will") or Old French Gilebert, from Gisilbert, literally "a bright pledge," from Old High German gisil "pledge," a Celtic loan-word (compare Old Irish giall "pledge") + beorht "bright" (see Albert). It was the common name for a male cat (especially in short form Gib) from c.1400 (see Tom). As a unit of magneto-motive force, it honors English physicist William Gilbert (1544-1603).

n. The cgs unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

1. n. a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns [syn: Gb, Gi]

2. a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) [syn: 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: William Gilbert]

4. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn: Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert]

5. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934) [syn: Cass Gilbert]

Gilbert may refer to:

Gilbert is a large Martian crater located in the south of the planet in the area of Promethei Terra. It is one of several large craters in the heavily pock-marked upland region. It was named in 1973 in honour of American geologist Grove K. Gilbert.

Gilbert is a large lunar crater that lies near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to its location this feature appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth, limiting the amount of detail that can be observed. The crater lies to the northwest of the similar-sized walled plain Kästner, to the west of the Mare Smythii.

Several satellite craters in the vicinity have since been given names by the IAU. Nearly attached to the north-northeastern rim of Gilbert are the craters Weierstrass (Gilbert N) and Van Vleck (Gilbert M), two somewhat similar formations. In the northeastern part of Gilbert's interior floor is the small, bowl-shaped Geissler (Gilbert D).

Gilbert is a somewhat degraded walled plain, with an outer rim that has been somewhat reshaped by nearby impacts. The southern rim has almost completely disintegrated, and forms a rolling surface that flows toward the south as an extended depression. The crater pair of Weierstrass and Van Vleck have formed an indented rim along the northeast face, while the northwest rim is overlain by Gilbert S. The interior floor is relatively level with some low ridges running down the center toward the southern end.

Gilbert is a given name of Norman-French origin, itself from Germanic Gisilberht or Gisalberht. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. The first element, Gil-, comes from Germanic gīsil, meaning "shaft of an arrow" or gisal "pledge, hostage", while the second element, -bert comes from Germanic -behrt, short form of beraht, meaning "bright" or "famous". Another origin arises from Galwegian Gaelic in the name "Gille Brigte" meaning "follower of St Bridget" which is anglicised as "Gilbert". Gille Brigte or Gille Brighde is also the Gaelic for Oystercatcher, a sea bird associated with the story of St Bridget.

The name was introduced to England by the Normans where it was popular during the Middle Ages. That is the reason why the pronunciation Gil- [gil] reflects the Northern Norman one [gil], as opposed to Old French [dʒil] > French [ʒil] and explains the alternative spelling Guilbert with Guil- [gil].

Variant spellings have evolved throughout Europe, including the Romance language version, Gilberto, and the Latin version, Gilbertus. The diminutive, Gil, is popular as a given name or nickname. Gilbert, with variant spellings, is also used as a surname (see Gilbert (surname)).

Gilbert is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a mediaeval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous"). This personal name was very popular in England during the Middle Ages. The surname is sometimes an Americanized form of numerous like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Gilbert is a sports equipment manufacturing brand, specialising in rugby union and netball.

Gilbert is the performance name of Matthew Gilbert Linley, a London-based composer and musician. He is also the drummer in Engineers with Mark Peters and Ulrich Schnauss.

Obsolete unit (Symbol: Gb) used in Practical cgs and emu cgs systems to measure magnetization. The unit is named for English physicist William Gilbert.

Gilberto "Gilbert" Cruz (born November 12, 1976) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Cruz, who wrestles under his real name, debuted in the International Wrestling Association, where he won the first two championships of his career. In August 2010, he joined the World Wrestling Council, entering an angle with Ray Gonzalez, which evolved in a general feud against all those that are considered cornerstone wrestlers in Puerto Rico. This advanced to a highly publicized contest against José Huertas González at Aniversario 2011. Gilbert later led Team WWC in an invasion against the IWA in July 2011. On October 10, 2014, he defeated Carlito to win his fourth WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship.