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• stanhope
  stanhope

  noun

  a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.
• Stanhope
  Stanhope

  noun

  James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.

stanhope

¹ American  

[stan-hohp, stan-uhp] / ˈstænˌhoʊp, ˈstæn əp /

noun

1. a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.

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Stanhope ² American  

[stan-hohp, stan-uhp] / ˈstænˌhoʊp, ˈstæn əp /

noun

1. James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.

2. Philip Dormer Chesterfield, 4th Earl of.

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Stanhope ¹ British  

/ ˈstænəp /

noun

1. Charles , 3rd Earl. 1753–1816, British radical politician and scientist. His inventions included two calculating machines, a microscope lens, and a stereotyping machine

2. 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)

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stanhope ² British  

/ ˈstænəp /

noun

1. a light one-seater carriage with two or four wheels

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Etymology

Origin of stanhope

1795–1805; named after Fitzroy Stanhope (1787–1864), British clergyman

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Example Sentences

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One day in the ring, Rawdon's stanhope came in sight; Rebecca was seated by him.

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

When the carriages met again, he stood up in his stanhope; he raised his hand ready to doff his hat; he looked with all his eyes.

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

The vehicle was not exactly a gig, neither was it a stanhope.

From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Then he mounted the stile, and entered the field, a gun in his hand, which the groom had handed him from the stanhope.

From A Soldier's Son by Maude M. Butler

The stanhope is in the coach-house, but the by-road was so full of stumps and cradle-hills, it was impossible to drive in it, and the moths have eaten the lining out.

From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

The bird was discovered injured by a gamekeeper on an estate in Stanhope, near Tweedsmuir, on 15 January.

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

For fans of Brenda Blethyn’s Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope of the Northumberland and City Police, 14 seasons was not enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Kay Turner was marrying Percy Stanhope next month.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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