Geber

American

[jee-ber] / ˈdʒi bər /

noun

Jabir ibn Hayyan, 8th-century a.d., Arab alchemist.

Geber British

/ ˈdʒiːbə /

noun

Latinized form of Jabir, assumed in honour of Jabir ibn Hayyan by a 14th-century alchemist, probably Spanish: he described the preparation of nitric and sulphuric acids

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Geber offers this advice for deciding who to appoint: “Start exploring professional fiduciaries and extended family members. Look at the children of your friends,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Geber is naming a professional fiduciary as her primary designee and a younger cousin and younger nephew as backups.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

"Crypto trading has an air of being legitimate, whilst gambling is more talked about as being potentially problematic," said Jan Geber, chief executive at Zurich-based rehab centre Paracelsus Recovery.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2023

Punctuated with haunting cello solos played here by David Geber, the school’s vice president for instrumental performance, the work aptly conveys the optimistic denial and racked realization of Whitman’s text.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2012

He read the lives of the various people who had succeeded in doing so: Helvetius, Elias, Fulcanelli, and Geber.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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