Definition of "Lambert"

Lambert

/ˈlæmbɚt/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Lamberts
1. (countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
  Quotations
  At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:There shall your swords and lances arbitrateThe swelling difference of your settled hate
  1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act I, scene I
2. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
  2. An inactive village in Scott County, Missouri.
  3. A settlement in Richland County, Montana.
  4. A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  5. A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
4. (uncountable) A crater in Moon, Solar System; A lunar impact crater.