STANHOPE

stanhope

(noun) a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Stanhope

A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).

A neighborhood in Ashford, Kent, England.

A settlement in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.

An English habitational surname.

A male given name from surnames, of rare usage.

A town in Victoria, Australia.

A locale in Canada.

A village in Quebec.

A community in Prince Edward Island.

A settlement in Newfoundland.

A locale in United States.

A city in Iowa; named for British adventurer and writer Lady Hester Stanhope.

A borough in New Jersey.

An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

An unincorporated community in Ohio.

Anagrams

• Stephano, phaetons, phonates, satphone

Etymology

Noun

stanhope (plural stanhopes)

A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.

Anagrams

• Stephano, phaetons, phonates, satphone

Source: Wiktionary


Stan"hope, n.

Definition: A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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