| Noun | 1. | gilbert - a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns | |
| 2. | Gilbert - a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)librettist - author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) | |
| 3. | Gilbert - English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603) | |
| 4. | Gilbert - English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)navigator - in earlier times, a person who explored by ship | |
| 5. | Gilbert - United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)architect, designer - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) | |