Stowe

[ stoh ]

/ stoʊ /

noun

Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher,1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.

a town in N Vermont: ski resort.

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Examples from the Web for stowe

With a beautiful location and rustic charm, a weekend in Stowe, Vermont can cure any life woes…especially during the fall.
A Healthy Dose of Vermont: Soaking Up Fall in the Mountains of Stowe|William O’Connor|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
With a number of great hiking trails and three nearby mountains, Stowe is a haven for outdoorsy types.
A Healthy Dose of Vermont: Soaking Up Fall in the Mountains of Stowe|William O’Connor|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Schools Cressida: Stowe, Leeds University where she studied dance.
Cressida Bonas vs. Cara Delevingne: A Differentiation Guide to Two Celebrity English Roses|Tom Sykes|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Stowe has been busy on eight volumes of Grres on the mysticism of the Middle Ages.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals|Charles Edward Stowe

Mr. Stowe, of Geneva, Ohio, was standing near and listening to the conversation.
The Ashtabula Disaster|Stephen D. Peet
It is not surprising that Mrs. Stowe should have felt herself impelled to give literary form to an experience so exceptional.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals|Charles Edward Stowe
No one can read Mrs. Stowe's writings as a whole without perceiving how constant is the appeal to the religious sensibilities.
Religious Studies, Sketches and Poems|Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Wille Wawe was hanged,” is the sum of the matter as recorded by Stowe.
Legal Lore|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stowe (1 of 2)

Stowe¹

/ (stəʊ) /

noun

a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped gardens: now occupied by a public school

British Dictionary definitions for stowe (2 of 2)

Stowe²

/ (stəʊ) /

noun

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811–96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause

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