Stopes

[ stohps ]

/ stoʊps /

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noun

Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.

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Words nearby Stopes

stop codon, stop cold, stop down, stope, stoper, Stopes, stop-frame, stopgap, stop-go, stop in, stoping

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How to use Stopes in a sentence

That is Dr. Stopes, the learned geologist, said the hostess, and the Yokohama matron collapsed.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
Dr. Stopes has attempted to meet the need of such seekers, and her book will certainly be warmly welcomed by them.
Married Love|Marie Carmichael Stopes
Dr. Stopes makes some very important biological suggestions which should not be lightly dismissed.
Married Love|Marie Carmichael Stopes
They have such fits that it stopes theare wind, and puts me to such frits and feares that I am not myselfe.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton

The book also bore the signature of his brother, James Stopes.
The Confessions of a Collector|William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for Stopes

Stopes

/ (stəʊps) /

noun

Marie Carmichael. 1880–1958, English pioneer of birth control, who established the first birth-control clinic in Britain (1921)

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