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William S. Gilbert

DEFINITIONS OF: William S. Gilbert

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n a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

Synonyms:
Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert, William Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert
Example of:
librettist
author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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