Definitions for ALBERT
ˈæl bərtal·bert

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Albert, Prince Albert, Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuelnoun

   prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

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1. Albertnoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.

2. Albertnoun

   A patronymic surname.

3. Albertnoun

   A constituency in Belize

4. Albertnoun

   A city in Kansas

5. Albertnoun

   A rural municipality of Manitoba

6. Albertnoun

   A town in New South Wales

7. Albertnoun

   A ghost town in Texas

8. Etymology: From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalaberhtaz, a compound of *aþalaz ("noble") + *berhtaz ("bright, famous"), or from French /Norman Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

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1. Albert

   Albert was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.

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1. Albert

   al′bert, n. a short kind of watch-chain. [Named from Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.]

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1. Albert

   archbishop of Mainz, a dignity granted him by Pope Leo X. at the ransom of £15,000, which he was unable to pay, and which, as the Pope needed it for building St. Peter's, he borrowed, the Pope granting him the power to sell indulgences in order to repay the loan, in which traffic Tetzel was his chief salesman, a trade which roused the wrath of Luther, and provoked the German Reformation (1450-1545).

2. Albert

   the last Grandmaster of the Teutonic knights, who being "religious in an eminent degree and shaken in his belief" took zealously to Protestantism and came under the influence of Luther, who advised him to declare himself Duke of Prussia, under the wing of Sigismund of Poland, in defiance of the Teutonic order as no longer worthy of bed and board on the earth, and so doing, became founder of the Prussian State (1490-1568).

3. Albert

   markgrave of Brandenburg, defined by Carlyle "a failure of a Fritz," with "features" of a Frederick the Great in him, "but who burnt away his splendid qualities as a mere temporary shine for the able editors, and never came to anything, full of fire, too much of it wildfire, not in the least like an Alcibiades except in the change of fortune he underwent" (1522-1557).

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1. albert

   Song lyrics by albert -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by albert on the Lyrics.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Albert

   After the Prince Consort, to whom the jewellers of Birmingham presented a short gold watch-chain on the occasion of his visit to that city in 1849.

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1. ALBERT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Albert is ranked #1076 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Albert surname appeared 32,507 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 would have the surname Albert.
   
   76.8% or 24,978 total occurrences were White.
   13.6% or 4,434 total occurrences were Black.
   4% or 1,313 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 670 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.7% or 559 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.6% or 549 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Prince Consort

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ALBERT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4195

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ALBERT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3903

Anagrams for ALBERT »

1. balter

2. labret

3. tabler

How to pronounce ALBERT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ALBERT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ALBERT in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ALBERT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ALBERT in a Sentence

1. Ernest Rutheford:

   Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.

2. Gordon Lightfoot:

   I went on tours with [Bob] Dylan - the big one was in 1975 and called Rolling Thunder Review. I knew him well because I met him around the time he did his second album, in 1963. He recorded one of my songs called Shadows. In the 1970s, it was suggested that we do a duet, because we had the same manager, Albert Grossman, who also managed Odetta and Peter, Paul and Mary. Dylan and I respected what each other did, but I just decided not to do it.

3. Tim Walz:

   Our thoughts are with the Minnesotans who were hurt in the shooting in Albert Lea this morning, thank you to the law enforcement officers, including both local teams and our State Patrol troopers and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, who worked to keep Albert Lea residents safe from further harm.

4. Alain Berenboom:

   The king will treat all his children as equal, king Albert now has four children.

5. Mignon McLaughlin:

   Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ALBERT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Albert
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ALBERT
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ALBERT
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Albert
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=ALBERT
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html