stanhope

¹

[ stan-hohp, stan-uhp ]

noun

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

Stanhope

²

[ stan-hohp, stan-uhp ]

noun

1. James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
2. Philip Dor·mer [dawr, -mer]. Chesterfield, 4th Earl of.

stanhope

¹

/ ˈstænəp /

noun

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

Stanhope

²

/ ˈstænəp /

noun

1. StanhopeCharles, 3rd Earl17531816MBritishPOLITICS: radical politicianSCIENCE: scientist Charles , 3rd Earl. 1753–1816, British radical politician and scientist. His inventions included two calculating machines, a microscope lens, and a stereotyping machine
2. StanhopeJames, 1st Earl16731721MBritishMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesman 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of stanhope¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stanhope¹

C18: named after Fitzroy Stanhope (1787–1864), English clergyman for whom it was first built

Example Sentences

It seemed an eternity before there was the welcome sound of a horse's hoofs in the lane, which drew nearer until a stanhope came in sight, containing Colonel Mandeville, a friend, and a groom.

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But the stanhope had already turned out of sight.

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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.

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She rode beside him in his stanhope, and she wore his bouquets and read his books, such as were intended for reading; and alas for her figure, she ate his candy.

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An earlier kind of two-wheeled carriage invented a few years before this, but which was displaced by the hansom, was the stanhope, also called after its inventor.

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