albert

< /French œˈʒɛn/Francis Charles,1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.

noun

1. a kind of watch chain usually attached to a waistcoat
2. British a standard size of notepaper, 6 × 3 7/8 inches

noun

1. Lake Albert 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)Former name: Lake Mobutu

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

noun

1. c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
2. 1875–1934, king of the Belgians (1909–34)
3. called Albert the Bear. c. 1100–70. German military leader: first margrave of Brandenburg

noun

1. full name Albert Felix Humbert Theodore Christian Eugene Marie . born 1934, king of Belgium (1993–2013); abdicated in favour of his son Philippe

masc. proper name, from German (the French form is Aubert), from Old High German Adalbert, cognate of Old English Æþelbeorht “Noble-bright” (which was sometimes metathesized as Æþelbriht, hence the surname Albright). Second element is from Proto-Germanic berhta- “bright,” from PIE *bhereg- “to shine; bright, white” (see bright). It also figures in the names Egbert, Gilbert, Herbert, Hubert, Lambert. As a kind of watch chain, from 1861 (see Prince Albert).