Gladstone

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlædstən/

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Proper noun

Gladstone

1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
   1. William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
2. Any of places of the same name.
   1. A city in Queensland, Australia.
   2. Gladstone Region, a local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city.
   3. A small rural town in South Australia.
   4. An unincorporated urban commity in Manitoba.
   5. A community in Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
   6. A suburb of Invercargill, New Zealand.
   7. A locality in Carterton district, North Island, New Zealand.
   8. An area near Levin, New Zealand.
   9. A village south of Greymouth, New Zealand.
   10. A community and former town in the city of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
   11. A village in Henderson County, Illinois.
   12. A city in Delta County, Michigan.
   13. A city in Clay County, Missouri.
   14. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
   15. An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey.
   16. An unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico.
   17. A tiny city in Stark County, North Dakota.
   18. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio.
   19. A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
   20. An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Gladstone bag
• Gladstone claret
• Gladstone collar
• Gladstonesque
• Gladstonian
• Gladstonianism

Noun

Gladstone (plural Gladstones)

1. Ellipsis of Gladstone bag.
   • 1928, Rudyard Kipling, Dayspring Mishandled:

     Would we help him to pack his Gladstone?

   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 7, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:

     I lit a cigarette and got all dressed and then I packed these two Gladstones I have. It only took me about two minutes.

2. (historical) A four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dicky.

Anagrams

• goaltends