Talbot Definition

tôlbət, tăl-
noun
A large white or light-colored hound having long hanging ears and large flews, formerly used in England for tracking and hunting.
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(physics) An mks unit of luminous energy, exactly corresponding to the SI lumen second.

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A type of hound once used for hunting and tracking.

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Synonyms:
  • William Henry Fox Talbot
  • Fox Talbot
pronoun

An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.

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An earldom in the British peerage.

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A brand of English motor car.

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Origin of Talbot

  • After William Henry Fox Talbot, a 19th century pioneer of photography.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English personal name from Old French

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly after a Norman family Talbot

    From Wiktionary

Talbot Sentence Examples

  • But the lands belonging to these titles remained with the Crown and he had to repair his fortunes by one of those marriages which never failed his house, his wife being Alathea Talbot, who was at last the heir of Gilbert, earl of Shrewsbury.

  • Holdich, Colonel St George Gore and Sir Adelbert Talbot; and when Ney Elias crossed from China through the Pamirs and Badakshan to the camp of the commission, identifying the great " Dragon Lake," Rangkul, on his way.

  • His Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole (London, 1798), Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole (London, 1802), Memoirs of John, duke of Marlborough (London, 1818-1819), Private and Original Correspondence of Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury (London, 1821), Memoirs of the Administrations of Henry Pelham (London, 182 9), are very valuable for the history of the 18th century.

  • The question of the legal existence of slavery in Great Britain and Ireland was raised in consequence of an opinion given in 1729 by Yorke and Talbot, attorney-general and solicitor-general at the time, to the effect that a slave by coming into those countries from the West Indies did not become free, and might be compelled by his master to return to the plantations.

  • Talbot ascribes the appearance to diffraction; and he recommends the use of a telescope.

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