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carl albert

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Al⋅bert

[al-bert]
–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. Lake. Also called Alʹbert Nyanʹza. a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a source of the Nile. 100 mi. (160 km) long; 2061 sq. mi. (5338 sq. km); 2030 ft. (619 m) above sea level.
4. a male given name: from Old High German words meaning “noble” and “bright.”
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Albert 
masc. proper name, from Ger. (the Fr. form is Aubert), from O.H.G. Adalbert, cognate of O.E. Æþelbeorht "Noble-bright," sometimes metathesized as Æþelbriht, hence the surname Albright.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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