Gladstone (redirected from Gladstone, William Ewart)

Glad·stone  (gldstn, -stn)

n.

1. A light four-wheeled convertible carriage with two interior seats and places outside for a driver and footman.

2. A Gladstone bag.

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[After William Ewart Gladstone.]

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Gladstone, William Ewart 1809-1898.

British political leader who served as Liberal prime minister four times (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, and 1892-1894). He enacted educational and parliamentary reforms and supported Irish home rule.

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Gladstone [ˈglædstən]

n

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle

[named after William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98), British Liberal statesman]

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Gladstone²

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(Biographies / Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) William Ewart. 1809-98, British statesman. He became leader of the Liberal Party in 1867 and was four times prime minister (1868-74; 1880-85; 1886; 1892-94). In his first ministry he disestablished the Irish Church (1869) and introduced educational reform (1870) and the secret ballot (1872). He succeeded in carrying the Reform Act of 1884 but failed to gain support for a Home Rule Bill for Ireland, to which he devoted much of the latter part of his career

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Noun	1.	Gladstone - liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898) William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone
	2.	Gladstone - a large travelling bag made of stiff leather Gladstone bag, portmanteau suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, bag - a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"