herbert
/ˈhɝbɚt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.85 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A small town in North Otago, New Zealand.
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A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
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A former government town in South Australia.
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A town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?"
- "To be clear what we're talking about, read Cronon's piece. He offers a great introduction to the concept, and its originator, Herbert Butterfield."
- "And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me."
- "It was the Ulster Annual Jamboree. For weeks past, hundreds of spotty-faced herberts, with yodelling voices and chin fuzz, had tied three million knots, started ten thousand twig fires, and completed six hundred leaf fires; perfect training for round about 3000BC but bloody useless in the twentieth century."
- "[…] everything was busy now with the usual mix of herberts, and because this was Brunel University there was a lot of students, the sort who wouldn't normally go see a punk band […]"
- "Because of my appearance, I was accosted by a couple of spotty herberts on the way […]"
Etymology
From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hariberht.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Herbert, *Hariberht
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɝbɚt/
- British English: /ˈhɜːbət/