Stowe

[ stoh ]

noun

1. Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
2. a town in N Vermont: ski resort.

Stowe

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/ stəʊ /

noun

1. StoweHarriet Elizabeth Beecher18111896FUSWRITING: writer Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811–96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause

Stowe

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/ stəʊ /

noun

1. a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped gardens: now occupied by a public school

Example Sentences

Councillor Lynden Stowe, cabinet member at Gloucestershire County Council with responsibility for Archives, said: "This project will provide an opportunity for audiences to consider the impact of slavery historically and today."

From BBC

Mr Stowe said the incorrect date made her appear over 18 years old.

From BBC

“Bishop Gumbleton took the gospel to heart and lived it day in and day out. He preferred to speak the truth and to be on the side of the marginalized than to toe any party line and climb the ecclesiastical ladder,” Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, said Thursday.

From Seattle Times

“Even people who don’t care about wildlife care about democracy, and believe it shouldn’t be a privileged special interest group making policy,” said Brenna Galdenzi, president of Protect Our Wildlife, an advocacy group based in Stowe that has pushed for the bill.

From New York Times

The law leads to angry protests and inspires Harriet Beecher Stowe to write a serialized novel that will become Uncle Tom's Cabin.

From Literature