Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Definitions of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
  1. noun
    English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
    synonyms: Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert
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    navigator
    in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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