Gladstone

¹ American  

[glad-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən /

noun

1. a four-wheel pleasure carriage with a calash top, two inside seats, and dickey seats.

2. Gladstone bag.

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Gladstone ² American  

[glad-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈglædˌstoʊn, -stən /

noun

1. William Ewart 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.

2. a city in NW Missouri.

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Gladstone ¹ British  

/ ˈɡlædstən /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

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Gladstone ² British  

/ ˈɡlædstən /

noun

1. William 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

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Etymology

Origin of Gladstone

First recorded in 1860–65; after W.E. Gladstone

Example Sentences

He refused a peerage four times from prime ministers Disraeli and Gladstone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Previously, the Beeches Primary School, in Gladstone Street was criticised by parents after children observing Ramadan were asked to spend their lunch breaks at home.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Ota is a postdoctoral scholar in Marson's Gladstone lab, as well as in the lab of Stanford scientist Jonathan Pritchard, PhD.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

Snead hired Gladstone in 2016 as a senior assistant and Gladstone quickly climbed through the organization as something of a personnel and scouting savant.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

“Is that name Gladstone, do you think? Could be a relative of the prime minister. But I can’t make out anything else.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman