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Definitions for albert
ˈæl bərtal·bert

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Princeton's WordNet

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

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

Wiktionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. albert

    Albert is typically a male given name derived from the Germanic words 'aþal', meaning 'noble', and 'beraht', meaning 'bright'. It is commonly used in various cultures including English, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, and others. Besides being a name, it can be used as a surname. Notably, Albert Einstein is renowned worldwide for his contributions to theoretical physics. Additionally, 'Albert' may refer to a variety of geographical locations or institutions. Your specific context will determine its precise meaning.

Wikidata

  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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Albert

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

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  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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Etymology and Origins

  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.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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.

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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

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Anagrams for albert »

  1. balter

  2. labret

  3. tabler

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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. Alain Berenboom:

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

  2. David Rinetti:

    The Angels didnt starter Andrew Heaney said. Many of The Angels didnt, including Justin Upton and Brian Goodwin, took a knee for the national anthem while As players Khris Davis and Tony Kemp raised a right fist to the air. Los Angeles opened the season in Oakland for a fourth straight year. TWO DECADES At age 40, Albert Pujols earned Albert Pujols 20th consecutive opening day start in as many years the fifth player to start the opener in 20 straight years. The others : Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson. Pete Rose went 0 for 3 with a walk. Pretty spectacular, isnt it ? New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. That puts it all in perspective how great New Angels manager Joe Maddon is, what New Angels manager Joe Maddon career has looked like, just to get 20 opportunities, right, youve got to be good. Weve had a lot of great conversations lately, he and I. Very happy for him and his family. I know its important to him. Hes definitely ready to rock and roll. TRAINERS ROOM Angels : New 3B Anthony Rendon missed the opener with an oblique injury. Hes been progressing, Im encouraged, New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Athletics : LHP A.J. Puk, on the injured list with a strained shoulder, played catch. General manager David Forst said Puk would go to the clubs alternate site in San Jose when the club hits the road. Puk had cortisone and platelet rich plasma injections Monday. Its going to be at least a couple weeks of just playing catch, manager Bob Melvin said. Were a ways off before we have an update on him. WHAT A FEAT David Rinetti, As vice president of stadium operations, marked David Rinetti 40th opening day with the organization after working David Rinetti first in 1981 as a high school junior. David Rinetti received a 113-page document to get the ballpark ready in two weeks. Its pretty incredible. It was a lot of work.

  3. fat albert:

    hey hey hey it's Fat Albert

  4. 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.

  5. Though Cara:

    Cara said. (SWNS.com) But the family loves her unique look and have nicknamed her 'Einstein 2.0' after the scientist, whose shock of static white hair is also rumored to have been caused by UHS. In the end we just gave up and dressed her up as Albert Einstein for Halloween.

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