Cabot

[ kab-uht ]

noun

1. John Giovanni Caboto, c1450–98?, Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
2. Richard Clarke, 1868–1939, U.S. physician and writer on medical ethics.
3. Sebastian, 1474?–1557, English navigator and explorer (son of John Cabot).
4. a male given name.

Cabot

/ ˈkæbət /

noun

1. CabotJohn14501498MItalianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer John Italian name Giovanni Caboto. 1450–98, Italian explorer, who landed in North America in 1497, under patent from Henry VII of England, and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
2. CabotSebastian?14761557MItalianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigatorGEOGRAPHY: cartographer his son, Sebastian. ?1476–1557, Italian navigator and cartographer, who served the English and Spanish crowns: explored the La Plata region of Brazil (1526–30)

Example Sentences

Readers might wonder if the prolific-author protagonist of No Words is based on Cabot herself.

From Time

I know you’re out there, because Cabot, 54, has sold over 25 million copies of her more than 80 books for children, teens and adults.

From Time

Though Cabot is best known for her contributions to the young-adult landscape, she first entered the literary scene writing historical romances for adults.

From Time

Size 12 Is Not Fat, which kicked off Cabot’s Heather Wells Mysteries series in 2006, centers on a former pop icon who, after being dropped by her label for gaining weight, works at a college where a student is found dead in an elevator shaft.

From Time

Today, the founders’ son Lyman Orton — and his sons Eliot, Gardner and Cabot — run The Vermont Country Store.

From Search Engine Land

Billy jokes about it now, saying it was like being on a date with Sebastian Cabot.

From The Daily Beast

Then, the U.S. Senate—led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge—voted the entire treaty down.

From The Daily Beast

Tyler Cabot, my editor there, has become a great friend and mentor to me.

From The Daily Beast

“The PDL seems in total disarray,” says Federigo Argentieri, professor of political science at John Cabot University in Rome.

From The Daily Beast

Centurus aurifrons dubius (Cabot): Golden-fronted Woodpecker.

From Project Gutenberg

This coast had now been known since the voyage of Cabot, in 1497, and had been frequently resorted to, by fishing vessels.

From Project Gutenberg

Papa Cabot has always lived up to every cent he could make or inherit; but he's getting mushy and losing his grip.

From Project Gutenberg

Fernand was cautiously gracious till he learned that Miss Cabot had sent Forbes to him; then he became quite paternal.

From Project Gutenberg

Here he learned only that Mr. Cabot had left the office, and it was contrary to orders to give his house number.

From Project Gutenberg