gladstone

«gladstone» in Mova's school dictionary: William Ewart Gladstone, a British Prime Minister four… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, a name (Gladstone); noun (a Gladstone bag, Gladstone bags)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) William Ewart Gladstone, a British Prime Minister four times in the 1800s. tree →

2) A Gladstone bag: an old-fashioned leather travelling bag that opens wide into two halves, like a doctor's bag. tree →

3) (a name) Gladstone is also a place name, for example a city in Queensland, Australia. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons Gladstone appears with Queen Victoria and his rival Disraeli. In old stories a doctor or traveller carries a Gladstone bag. Usually with a capital G.

examples

• William Gladstone was Prime Minister four times. tree →
• The doctor opened his Gladstone bag and took out a stethoscope. tree →
• Gladstone and Disraeli argued in Parliament. tree →
• Gladstone is a port city in Queensland. tree →
• Grandad's old Gladstone bag is in the attic. tree →

note

Capital G as a name and usually in «Gladstone bag». Pronounced GLAD-stun. It is not a kind of stone.

In the corpora

• Even in Britain at the time, many people, like the young William Gladstone, called the war shameful.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gladstone» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.