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Herbert¹
- /ˈhɜːbət/ UK
- /ˈhɝbɚt/ Canada, US
- /ˈhɜːbət/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hariberht.
proper noun Hebbard
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use partly transferred back from the surname. 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-Easte
- A surname originating as a patronymic. And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me.
- A small town in North Otago, New Zealand.
- A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
- A former government town in South Australia.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois, United States.
herbert²
- /ˈhɝbɚt/ US
- /ˈhɜːbət/ UK
Where it comes from
* (working-class youth): From the name Herbert. The term was popularised by the punk movement but predates it.
noun herberts
- A working-class youth, especially male. 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
- A foolish or contemptible person, especially male. For quotations using this term, see Citations:herbert.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hubert, hao, hyuk, nitwit, berk, prat, wally, idiot, fool, nincompoop, simpleton, numpty, muppet, plonker, pillock, twit
Translations
Talk about this word "herbert." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/herbert. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. herbert. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/herbert "herbert." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/herbert.Cite this
@misc{herbert_2026,
title = {herbert},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/herbert},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
