English noun: William Gilbert | |||
1. | William Gilbert (person) a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) | ||
Synonyms | Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert | ||
Instance hypernym | librettist, poet | ||
2. | William Gilbert (person) English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603) | ||
Synonyms | Gilbert | ||
Instance hypernym | doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician, physicist | ||