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

“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

In Stowe, Vt., a wintertime skiing hub, town manager Charles Safford said the doors are wide open for fall tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

“I don’t want to be too Pollyannish, but I always remind people, if you’re living in Vermont, you’re pretty lucky, and if you’re living in Stowe, particularly, you’re really lucky,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Stowe later claimed to have written as if in a trance, similar to the Spiritualists’ automatic writing: “I did not write it … God wrote it … I merely did his dictation.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock