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HUMPHREY GILBERT
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• HUMPHREY GILBERT (noun)
The noun 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: HUMPHREY GILBERT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gilbert; Humphrey Gilbert; Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
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