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Stowe

American  
[stoh] / stoʊ /

noun

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

  2. a town in N Vermont: ski resort.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Auctioneer Andy Stowe said: "Mr Blobby is an icon of nineties culture, and this result proves that Blobby-mania is very much alive and well."

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,” Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Anesthesia Partners, the FTC in 2023 also sued private-equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, alleging it orchestrated the company’s illegal market manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

"Come next week we'll be homeless again and looking for somewhere to live," Mr Stowe said.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2026

The law leads to angry protests and inspires Harriet Beecher Stowe to write a serialized novel that will become Uncle Tom's Cabin.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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