Stanley

[ stan-lee ]

noun

1. Arthur Pen·rhyn [pen, -rin], Dean Stanley, 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
2. Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 14th Earl of Derby, 1799–1869, British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.
3. Francis Edgar, 1849–1918, and his twin brother Free·lan [free, -l, uh, n], 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.
4. Sir Henry Morton, John Rowlands, 1841–1904, British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.
5. Wendell M(eredith), 1904–71, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
6. the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.
7. Mount Stanley, former name of Mount Ngaliema.
8. a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”

Stanley

¹

/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

1. StanleySir Henry Morton18411904MBritishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerWRITING: journalist Sir Henry Morton . 1841–1904, British explorer and journalist, who led an expedition to Africa in search of Livingstone, whom he found on Nov 10, 1871. He led three further expeditions in Africa (1874–77; 1879–84; 1887–89) and was instrumental in securing Belgian sovereignty over the Congo Free State

Stanley

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/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

1. the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)
2. a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)
3. Mount Stanley
   a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft) Congolese nameNgaliema Mountain

Example Sentences

China risks falling into the type of decades-long stagnation that Japan endured after a stock and property bubble burst in the 1990s, Morgan Stanley Asia's former chairman, Stephen Roach, says.

From BBC

Brad Koed’s beefy Stanley seemed like he just crawled from under a broken-down car.

From Los Angeles Times

On Thursday Reform UK candidate Anita Stanley secured 652 votes, almost 200 more than Labour, which only narrowly beat the Greens.

From BBC

Democratic researcher Stanley Greenberg tweeted last week, "Harris needs to finish positive on how she will battle for the middle class and help with the cost of living."

From Salon

After the riot, Johnston was fired by the creator of “Bob’s Burgers,” lost a role in a movie based on the show and has “essentially been blacklisted” in Hollywood, said defense attorney Stanley Woodward.

From Los Angeles Times