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gilbert
(encz) | Gilbert,Gilbert n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gilbert
(czen) | Gilbert,Gilbertn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Gilbert
(gcide) | 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.
[Century Dict. 1906 +PJC] |
gilbert
(wn) | gilbert
n 1: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
[syn: gilbert, Gb, Gi]
2: 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]
3: English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial
magnetism (1540-1603) [syn: Gilbert, William Gilbert]
4: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the
first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn:
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert]
5: United States architect who influenced the development of the
skyscraper (1859-1934) [syn: Gilbert, Cass Gilbert] |
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gilbertian
(encz) | Gilbertian, adj: |
gilbertson
(encz) | Gilbertson,Gilbertson n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
gilbertson
(czen) | Gilbertson,Gilbertsonn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Gilbert
(gcide) | 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.
[Century Dict. 1906 +PJC] |
Gilbert and Sullivan
(gcide) | Gilbert and Sullivan \Gilbert and Sullivan\
William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, who
collaborated on a number of light operas. See Gilbert.
[PJC] |
Gilbertian
(gcide) | Gilbertian \Gilbertian\ prop. a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of
William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan
operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences.
[WordNet 1.5]
a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and
changelings. --T. C.
Worsley
[WordNet 1.5] |
Gilbertian
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
[WordNet 1.5] |
cass gilbert
(wn) | Cass Gilbert
n 1: United States architect who influenced the development of
the skyscraper (1859-1934) [syn: Gilbert, Cass Gilbert] |
george gilbert aime murphy
(wn) | George Gilbert Aime Murphy
n 1: British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated
the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
[syn: Murray, Gilbert Murray, {George Gilbert Aime
Murphy}] |
gilbert and ellice islands
(wn) | Gilbert and Ellice Islands
n 1: a former British possession in Micronesia |
gilbert and sullivan
(wn) | Gilbert and Sullivan
n 1: the music of Gilbert and Sullivan; "he could sing all of
Gilbert and Sullivan" |
gilbert charles stuart
(wn) | Gilbert Charles Stuart
n 1: United States painter best known for his portraits of
George Washington (1755-1828) [syn: Stuart, {Gilbert
Stuart}, Gilbert Charles Stuart] |
gilbert islands
(wn) | Gilbert Islands
n 1: a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of
Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and
Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of
Kiribati in 1979 |
gilbert keith chesterton
(wn) | Gilbert Keith Chesterton
n 1: conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic
persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and
polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown
(1874-1936) [syn: Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton,
Gilbert Keith Chesterton] |
gilbert murray
(wn) | Gilbert Murray
n 1: British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated
the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
[syn: Murray, Gilbert Murray, {George Gilbert Aime
Murphy}] |
gilbert stuart
(wn) | Gilbert Stuart
n 1: United States painter best known for his portraits of
George Washington (1755-1828) [syn: Stuart, {Gilbert
Stuart}, Gilbert Charles Stuart] |
gilbertian
(wn) | Gilbertian
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of
William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti"
2: wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan
operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and
changelings"- T.C.Worsley |
humphrey gilbert
(wn) | Humphrey Gilbert
n 1: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland
the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn:
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert] |
marie dolores eliza rosanna gilbert
(wn) | Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
n 1: Irish dancer (1818-1861) [syn: Montez, Lola Montez,
Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert] |
marie joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier
(wn) | Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier
n 1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the
American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: Lafayette, {La
Fayette}, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier,
Marquis de Lafayette] |
sir humphrey gilbert
(wn) | Sir Humphrey Gilbert
n 1: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland
the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) [syn:
Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert] |
sir roger gilbert bannister
(wn) | Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
n 1: English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a
mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) [syn:
Bannister, Roger Bannister, {Sir Roger Gilbert
Bannister}] |
sir william gilbert
(wn) | Sir 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] |
william gilbert
(wn) | 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] |
william s. gilbert
(wn) | William S. 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] |
william schwenk gilbert
(wn) | William Schwenk 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] |
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