Stowe

American  

[stoh] / stoʊ /

noun

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

2. a town in N Vermont: ski resort.

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Stowe ¹ British  

/ stəʊ /

noun

1. 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

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Stowe ² British  

/ stəʊ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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Stowe

As Antonelli dropped down the field, amid a series of increasingly desperate radio messages, Red Bull's Max Verstappen crashed at Stowe while chasing Hamilton for second place.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

“Stowe risked her life and the livelihood of her family to write a novel that shook a nation,” says Karen Fisk, executive director of the Stowe Center for Literary Activism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

The Stowe family spent Christmas in a borrowed boat at the OverWater Marina, but are now looking for new lodgings while they wait on news about Pacemaker.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Mr Stowe previously told the BBC that all of his and his family's possessions were on the boat, and that they had escaped with only the clothes on their backs.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

During the summer of 1855, Professor Calvin Stowe, Mrs. Stowe’s husband, wrote: The drama of Uncle Tom has been going on in the National Theatre of New York all summer with most unparalleled success.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry