stanhope

¹ American  

[stan-hohp, stan-uhp] / ˈstænˌhoʊp, ˈstæn əp /

noun

1. a light, open, one-seated, horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels.

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Stanhope ² American  

[stan-hohp, stan-uhp] / ˈstænˌhoʊp, ˈstæn əp /

noun

1. James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.

2. Philip Dormer Chesterfield, 4th Earl of.

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Stanhope ¹ British  

/ ˈstænəp /

noun

1. Charles , 3rd Earl. 1753–1816, British radical politician and scientist. His inventions included two calculating machines, a microscope lens, and a stereotyping machine

2. his grandfather, James , 1st Earl. 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman; George I's chief minister (1717–21). He fought under Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) and negotiated the Triple Alliance with France and Holland (1717)

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stanhope ² British  

/ ˈstænəp /

noun

1. a light one-seater carriage with two or four wheels

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Etymology

Origin of stanhope

1795–1805; named after Fitzroy Stanhope (1787–1864), British clergyman

Example Sentences

Then he walked past the broken windows, and the stanhope met him at the rectory gate.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The stanhope is in the coach-house, but the by-road was so full of stumps and cradle-hills, it was impossible to drive in it, and the moths have eaten the lining out.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Perhaps the most perfect thing in the world, however, is a St. James's-street stanhope or cabriolet, with its dandy owner on the whip-seat, and the "tiger" beside him.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

Arrived at Lakenhall, where the stanhope was waiting for him, he asked but one question on the way to Long Stow, and then drove straight past the hall to the church.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The stanhope is all to atoms, and the farmer claims compensation for the gate.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various