stanhope
(noun) a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• Stephano, phaetons, phonates, satphone
stanhope (plural stanhopes)
A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
• 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
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
