stanhope
noun
a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.
stanhope
1 American
[stan-hohp, stan-uhp]
/ ˈstænˌhoʊp, ˈstæn əp /
noun
Stanhope
2
American
[stan-hohp, stan-uhp]
/ ˈstænˌhoʊp, ˈstæn əp /
noun
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James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
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Philip Dormer Chesterfield, 4th Earl of.
Stanhope
1
British
/ ˈstænəp /
noun
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Charles , 3rd Earl. 1753–1816, British radical politician and scientist. His inventions included two calculating machines, a microscope lens, and a stereotyping machine
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his grandfather, James , 1st Earl. 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman; George I's chief minister (1717–21). He fought under Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) and negotiated the Triple Alliance with France and Holland (1717)
stanhope
2
British
/ ˈstænəp /
noun
Etymology
Origin of stanhope
1795–1805; named after Fitzroy Stanhope (1787–1864), British clergyman
Example Sentences
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He hurried me into the stanhope, gave the rein to his active grey mare, and making a detour towards Kingston, we soon left the crowd behind us.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
A few days after Ethelberta’s reception at Enckworth, an improved stanhope, driven by Lord Mountclere himself, climbed up the hill until it was opposite her door.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
One day in the ring, Rawdon's stanhope came in sight; Rebecca was seated by him.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Arrived at Lakenhall, where the stanhope was waiting for him, he asked but one question on the way to Long Stow, and then drove straight past the hall to the church.
From Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Perhaps the most perfect thing in the world, however, is a St. James's-street stanhope or cabriolet, with its dandy owner on the whip-seat, and the "tiger" beside him.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
The bird was discovered injured by a gamekeeper on an estate in Stanhope, near Tweedsmuir, on 15 January.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
It is thought he was injured in an area between Stanhope and Glenbreck off the A701 Broughton to Moffat road.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
"It was raining, we were all in the tent playing cards with the gang, then we heard shouting," camper Matthew Stanhope told The Age newspaper, saying he and his friends ran to a nearby hill.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Two deals Corient struck over the past year, for European firm Stanhope Capital Group and Stonehage Fleming, added more than $200 billion in assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Kay Turner was marrying Percy Stanhope next month.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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