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Geber

American  
[jee-ber] / ˈdʒi bər /

noun

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

Geber British  
/ ˈdʒiːbə /

noun

  1. 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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