Gladstone

¹ American  

[glad-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən /

noun

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

2. Gladstone bag.

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Gladstone ² American  

[glad-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən /

noun

1. William Ewart 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.

2. a city in NW Missouri.

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Gladstone ¹ British  

/ ˈɡlædstən /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

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Gladstone ² British  

/ ˈɡlædstən /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Gladstone

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

Example Sentences

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Gladstone

The rejection of Victorian moral earnestness after World War I made the colorful Disraeli a more appealing character than his contemporaries, especially Gladstone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

His rivalry with William Gladstone of the Liberal Party shaped the mid-Victorian era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

General manager James Gladstone is still only 35 but in his second draft he's either pulled off some masterstrokes or made some huge errors.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

Ota is a postdoctoral scholar in Marson's Gladstone lab, as well as in the lab of Stanford scientist Jonathan Pritchard, PhD.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025

Teddy was standing on the broadside of a new-looking cowhide Gladstone, the better to see out of his parents’ open porthole.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger