In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Gilbert, Cass Gilbert
(noun) United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
(noun) English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
Gilbert, William Gilbert
(noun) English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert
(noun) a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
gilbert, Gb, Gi
(noun) a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gilbert
A male given name from Germanic languages.
A surname.
gilbert (plural gilberts)
The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
Source: Wiktionary
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.