Gladstone

¹

[ glad-stohn, -stuhn ]

noun

1. a four-wheel pleasure carriage with a calash top, two inside seats, and dickey seats.
2. Gladstone bag.

Gladstone

²

[ glad-stohn, -stuhn ]

noun

1. William Ew·art [yoo, -ert], 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.
2. a city in NW Missouri.

Gladstone

¹

/ ˈɡlædstən /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

Gladstone

²

/ ˈɡlædstən /

noun

1. GladstoneWilliam Ewart18091898MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister William Ewart. 1809–98, British statesman. He became leader of the Liberal Party in 1867 and was four times prime minister (1868–74; 1880–85; 1886; 1892–94). In his first ministry he disestablished the Irish Church (1869) and introduced educational reform (1870) and the secret ballot (1872). He succeeded in carrying the Reform Act of 1884 but failed to gain support for a Home Rule Bill for Ireland, to which he devoted much of the latter part of his career

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gladstone¹

First recorded in 1860–65; after W.E. Gladstone

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gladstone¹

C19: named after W. E. Gladstone

Example Sentences

Through open casting calls they found a few people—the kids, and Lily Gladstone.

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Gradually, the sadness turned into odd and unpredictable behavior, Gladstone said.

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As a young girl, Britney Spears “was an extremely gifted gymnast,” Gladstone said.

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During that two-week break, Britney Spears met and “quickly” fell in love with Kevin Federline, Gladstone said.

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“It was a big relationship and it ended painfully,” Gladstone said.

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Mr. Labouchere defended the measure, and Messrs. Gladstone and Goulburn objected to it.

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Peel went out of office very soon after he had made Mr. Gladstone Under-secretary for the Colonies.

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But the loss of his leader had brought Gladstone himself more directly to the front.

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The use Mr. Gladstone made of office and of power astonished his enemies, and startled and shocked not a few of his friends.

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Mr. Disraeli sat down at two o'clock in the morning, and then Mr. Gladstone rose to reply to him.

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