English Explanatory Dictionary

Gladstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
  2. William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
  3. Any of places of the same name.
  4. A town in the Kempsey council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A city in Queensland, Australia.
  6. A local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city; in full, Gladstone Region.
  7. A small rural town in South Australia.
  8. A locality in Break O'Day council area and the Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  9. A community and former town in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba.
  10. A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  11. A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  12. A locality in Carterton district, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Gladstone bag.
  2. A four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dicky.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlædstən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gladstone.wav

Word forms

Gladstone Gledstanes Gledstone Gladstones

Etymology

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

Derived words

Gladstone bag Gladstone claret Gladstone collar Gladstone Park Gladstonesque Gladstonian Gladstonianism
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