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Gillett

American  
[ji-let] / dʒɪˈlɛt /

noun

  1. Frederick Huntington, 1851–1935, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1919–25.

  2. a male given name, form of Gilbert.


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Substitute Maddison went down under Lukas Nmecha's challenge, but referee Jarred Gillett and the VAR dismissed his appeal for a spot-kick.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Like Pawson on Saturday, Gillett said contact was glancing.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Madison Gillett added 11 points as the Wolverines won in the debut of first-year coach Will Burr.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1988, Katz joined Apollo Management, where a company called Gillett Holdings came onto the newly established private-equity firm’s radar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In 1893 a bill for this purpose, drafted by one of its members, Miss Emma M. Gillett, attorney-at-law, was passed by the Senate.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

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