Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • German-born British prince consort. Born into the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, he married (1840) his cousin, Queen Victoria, and was noted as a patron of British arts, sciences, and industry.
  • Lake,A shallow lake of east-central Africa in the Great Rift Valley on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1864, the explorer Sir Samuel Baker named the lake for Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A short watch-chain made with a cross-bar designed to be passed through a buttonhole.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A male given name.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

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From Germanic adal (noble) + berht (bright); Old English Æþelbeorht. It became popular in 19th century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

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Examples

  • When we say the name Albert Einstein, what comes to mind?

    The Answer John Assaraf 2008

  • When we say the name Albert Einstein, what comes to mind?

    The Answer John Assaraf 2008

  • Instead, he signed the name Albert T. Tappman on the get-well card he sent to each.

    Closing Time Joseph Heller 1994

  • Brooks was born in that city with the name Albert Einstein 64 years ago, which some say predestined him for comedy.

    SFGate: Top News Stories David D'Arcy 2011

  • Elisa Albert is the author of The Book of Dahlia: A Novelas well as How This Night Is Different, a collection of short stories which won the Moment Magazine Emerging Writer Award for Short Fiction.

    2008 September 12 « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008

  • Elisa Albert is the author of The Book of Dahlia: A Novelas well as How This Night Is Different, a collection of short stories which won the Moment Magazine Emerging Writer Award for Short Fiction.

    Elisa Albert, Testing Empathy « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008

  • Capcom's fighter Marvel vs Capcom 3, which will feature Resident Evil villain Albert Wesker, drew big crowds.

    Special report: Tokyo Game Show and Eurogamer Expo, London Giles Richards 2010

  • To test this, Mischel teamed up with another researcher by the name of Albert Bandura.

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

  • The sad thing is that the time spent filling forms could be far better spent with the individual concerned. on March 23, 2010 at 2: 21 pm Captain Albert Skidmark

    Unnecessary Police Bureaucracy – Part 1. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • To test this, Mischel teamed up with another researcher by the name of Albert Bandura.

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

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