Hébert

American

[ey-ber] / eɪˈbɛr /

noun

Jacques René Père Duchesne, 1755–94, French journalist and revolutionary leader.

Hébert British

/ ebɛr /

noun

Jacques René (ʒak rəne). 1755–94, French journalist and revolutionary: a leader of the sans-culottes during the French Revolution. He was guillotined under Robespierre

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Mr. Hebert is a senior research fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research.

From The Wall Street Journal

The newly identified species has been named Tyrannoroter heberti, which means Hebert's tyrant digger, in recognition of its discoverer, Brian Hebert.

From Science Daily

Brian Hebert, an avocational paleontologist from Nova Scotia, located the small skull inside a fossilized tree stump during a field season led by Hillary Maddin, a professor of paleontology at Carleton University.

From Science Daily

Copy editor Erin Hebert said she finished a graduate degree and has worked as a social worker during the dispute but is keen to get back to working for the paper.

From MarketWatch

“I have been on strike for a third of my professional life,” said Erin Hebert, a 32-year-old copy editor at the Post-Gazette.

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