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Colbert

/ˈkoʊlbɚt/

Colbert proper noun: a surname. Also the ellipsis of Colbert County.

Proper noun

Colbert (countable and uncountable, plural Colberts)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city in Madison County, Georgia, United States.
  4. A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, United States.

Also used as

Colbert is also the ellipsis of Colbert County.

Forms of Colbert

pluralColberts

Origin of Colbert

From a Germanic personal name, composed of Proto-Germanic *kōlaz (“cool, cold; calm”) and *berhtaz (“bright”).

Words formed from Colbert

Phrases with Colbert

Questions about Colbert

What does Colbert mean?
Colbert means a surname.
What part of speech is Colbert?
Colbert is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Colbert?
Colbert is pronounced /ˈkoʊlbɚt/.

Words near Colbert in the dictionary

  1. Colbaths
  2. Colbeck
  3. Colbecks
  4. Colberg
  5. Colbergs
  6. Colbert
  7. Colbert bump
  8. Colbert County
  9. Colbert sauce
  10. colberteen
  11. colbertine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Colbert (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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