stan·hope (st n h p , stn p)n. A light, open, horse-drawn carriage with one seat and two or four wheels. [After the Reverend Fitzroy Stanhope (1787-1864), British clergyman.] |
stanhope [ˈstænəp]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a light one-seater carriage with two or four wheels
[named after Fitzroy Stanhope (1787-1864), English clergyman for whom it was first built]
Stanhope [ˈstænəp]
n
1. (Biographies / Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl (1753-1816) M, British, POLITICS: radical politician, SCIENCE: 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. (Biographies / Stanhope, James, 1st Earl (1673-1721) M, British, MILITARY: soldier, POLITICS: 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)
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