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    Albert
    noun
    Carl (Bert), 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
  • albert
    albert
    noun
    a kind of watch chain usually attached to a waistcoat

Albert

American  
[al-bert] / ˈæl bərt /

noun

  1. Carl (Bert), 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.

  2. Prince Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 1819–61, consort of Queen Victoria.

  3. Also called Albert Nyanza, Mobuto Lake. Official Name Lake Mobutu Sese Seko. Lake Albert, a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a source of the Nile. 100 miles (160 kilometers) long; 2,061 sq. mi. (5,338 sq. km); 2,030 feet (619 meters) above sea level.

  4. a first name: from Old High German words meaning “noble” and “bright.”


albert 1 British  
/ ˈælbət /

noun

  1. a kind of watch chain usually attached to a waistcoat

  2. a standard size of notepaper, 6 × 3 7/ 8 inches

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Albert 2 British  
/ ˈælbət /

noun

  1. Former name: Lake Mobutu. a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sqkm (2064 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Albert 3 British  
/ ˈælbət /

noun

  1. Prince. full name Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 1819–61, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of albert

C19: named after Prince Albert


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The Where Is My Husband! singer revealed there were 1.8 million sign-ups for her one-off 5,000-seat performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October.

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When ten-year-old Albert Bastian awoke the morning after Kristallnacht, he was startled to see Levi, the Jewish livestock dealer with whom his father often dealt, sitting in their kitchen.

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Bafta albert, an environmental organisation which upholds sustainability standards within the screen industry, has said it hopes its plan for Wales will provide a blueprint for the rest of the UK.

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To prove prop reuse, for instance, albert may need to see a production's rental invoices for second-hand purchases.

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He, however, insisted on satisfying them as to its worth and placed in their hands a heavy gold watch by McCabe, with an albert chain, equally ponderous; and assured them that he had paid Rs.

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