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.  Also called 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.”

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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

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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)

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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

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Etymology

Origin of albert

C19: named after Prince _Albert

Example Sentences

In the lavish memorial erected by his grieving widow, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert is golden, but few world leaders are permanently gilded, and certainly not before their deaths.

From Los Angeles Times

Those living at The Print Works, Belle Vue Road and Albert Street were allowed back while all other evacuations remained in place, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

From BBC

Meanwhile figures such as Albert H. Munsell, a painter-turned-color-theorist, devised systems that mapped color by hue, value and chroma in an effort to translate perception into measurable terms.

From The Wall Street Journal

On a drizzly march afternoon, as a stiff breeze blows in off the North Sea, a handful of vans are parked along Scarborough's Royal Albert Drive.

From BBC

Albert Hoang at the scene, noting his failure to ensure that the officers involved were interviewed and the fact that he didn’t notify his higher-ups about the shooting until three hours after it occurred.

From Los Angeles Times