Cabot

[ kab-uht ]

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noun

John Giovanni Caboto, c1450–98?, Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
Richard Clarke, 1868–1939, U.S. physician and writer on medical ethics.
Sebastian, 1474?–1557, English navigator and explorer (son of John Cabot).
a male given name.

Cabot

/ ˈkæbət /

CabotJohn14501498MItalianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer John Italian name Giovanni Caboto. 1450–98, Italian explorer, who landed in North America in 1497, under patent from Henry VII of England, and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
CabotSebastian?14761557MItalianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigatorGEOGRAPHY: cartographer his son, Sebastian. ?1476–1557, Italian navigator and cartographer, who served the English and Spanish crowns: explored the La Plata region of Brazil (1526–30)

Billy jokes about it now, saying it was like being on a date with Sebastian Cabot.

Then, the U.S. Senate—led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge—voted the entire treaty down.

Tyler Cabot, my editor there, has become a great friend and mentor to me.

“The PDL seems in total disarray,” says Federigo Argentieri, professor of political science at John Cabot University in Rome.

Centurus aurifrons dubius (Cabot): Golden-fronted Woodpecker.

This coast had now been known since the voyage of Cabot, in 1497, and had been frequently resorted to, by fishing vessels.

Papa Cabot has always lived up to every cent he could make or inherit; but he's getting mushy and losing his grip.

Fernand was cautiously gracious till he learned that Miss Cabot had sent Forbes to him; then he became quite paternal.

Here he learned only that Mr. Cabot had left the office, and it was contrary to orders to give his house number.

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