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gladstone
/ˈɡlædˌstoʊn/
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What does gladstone mean?
noun
- Ellipsis of Gladstone bag.
proper noun
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
- William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
More meanings (23)
proper noun
- A town in the Kempsey council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A city in Queensland, Australia.
- A local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city; in full, Gladstone Region.
- A small rural town in South Australia.
- A locality in Break O'Day council area and the Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- A community and former town in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba.
- A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
- A locality in Carterton district, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand.
- An area near Levin, Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
- A village south of Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand.
- A community and former town in the city of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
- A village in Henderson County, Illinois.
- A city in Delta County, Michigan.
- A city in Clay County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico.
- A tiny city in Stark County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
- A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
noun
- (historical) A four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dicky.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡlædˌstoʊn/
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Even so determined a defender of orthodoxy as Mr. Gladstone at last acknowledged some form of a nebular hypothesis as probably true.
To the above list, as given by Gladstone, one might add many issues, such as birth control, which have arisen since his time.
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Were Mr. Gladstone himself to speak for a whole week, night and day, and with his usual facility, he could hardly surpass this achievement.
The work accomplished by such men as Gladstone and Roosevelt is incomprehensible to most of us who have never undertaken more than puny tasks.
It is stated that Mr. Gladstone formed the habit of thorough mastication by making it a rule to count thirty two while masticating each mouthful.