Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Gladstone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡlædstən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Gladstone bag.
    • I lit a cigarette and got all dressed and then I packed these two Gladstones I have. It only took me about two minutes. 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 7, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:
    • Would we help him to pack his Gladstone? 1928, Rudyard Kipling, Dayspring Mishandled:
  2. (historical) A four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dicky.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Gledstone alternative lexicographic
Gledstanes alternative lexicographic
Gladstones Number=Plur lexicographic

Gladstone en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡlædstən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

Meanings

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English. ▸ William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
  3. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A town in the Kempsey council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A city in Queensland, Australia.
  5. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city; in full, Gladstone Region.
  6. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A small rural town in South Australia.
  7. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A locality in Break O'Day council area and the Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  8. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A community and former town in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba.
  9. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  10. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
  11. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A locality in Carterton district, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand.
  12. Any of places of the same name. ▸ An area near Levin, Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
  13. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A village south of Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand.
  14. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A community and former town in the city of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
  15. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A village in Henderson County, Illinois.
  16. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A city in Delta County, Michigan.
  17. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A city in Clay County, Missouri.
  18. Any of places of the same name. ▸ An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
  19. Any of places of the same name. ▸ An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey.
  20. Any of places of the same name. ▸ An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico.
  21. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A tiny city in Stark County, North Dakota.
  22. Any of places of the same name. ▸ An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
  23. Any of places of the same name. ▸ A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
  24. Any of places of the same name. ▸ An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Gledstanes alternative lexicographic
Gledstone alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Gladstone claret · Gladstone Park · Gladstone collar · Gladstonesque · Gladstonian · Gladstonianism · Gladstone bag