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SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT

• SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT (noun)
The noun SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT has 1 sense:

1. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)

Familiarity information: SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT (noun)

Sense 1

Sir Humphrey Gilbert ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Humphrey Gilbert; Sir Humphrey Gilbert; Gilbert

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)

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