单词 | gladstone |
释义 | Gladstone1[ glad-stohn, -stuhn ] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən / nouna four-wheel pleasure carriage with a calash top, two inside seats, and dickey seats. Gladstone bag. Origin of Gladstone1First recorded in 1860–65; after W.E. Gladstone Words nearby Gladstonegladiolus, gladius, glad rags, Gladsheim, gladsome, Gladstone, Gladstone bag, Gladstone, William Ewart, Gladwrap, Gladys, Glagolitic Definition for Gladstone (2 of 2)Gladstone2 [ glad-stohn, -stuhn ] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən / nounWilliam Ew·art [yoo-ert], /ˈyu ərt/, 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894. a city in NW Missouri. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for GladstoneBritish Dictionary definitions for Gladstone (1 of 2)Gladstone1 / (ˈɡlædstən) / nouna light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle Word Origin for GladstoneC19: named after W. E. Gladstone British Dictionary definitions for Gladstone (2 of 2)Gladstone2 / (ˈɡlædstən) / nounWilliam Ewart. 1809–98, British statesman. He became leader of the Liberal Party in 1867 and was four times prime minister (1868–74; 1880–85; 1886; 1892–94). In his first ministry he disestablished the Irish Church (1869) and introduced educational reform (1870) and the secret ballot (1872). He succeeded in carrying the Reform Act of 1884 but failed to gain support for a Home Rule Bill for Ireland, to which he devoted much of the latter part of his career 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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