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# gladstone

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

«gladstone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) William Ewart Gladstone, a British Prime Minister four times in the 1800s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#m1)
2. A Gladstone bag: an old-fashioned leather travelling bag that opens wide into two halves, like a doctor's bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#m2)
3. (a name) Gladstone is also a place name, for example a city in Queensland, Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#x1)
- The doctor opened his Gladstone bag and took out a stethoscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#x2)
- Gladstone and Disraeli argued in Parliament. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#x3)
- Gladstone is a port city in Queensland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#x4)
- Grandad's old Gladstone bag is in the attic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gladstone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gladstone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gladstone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gladstone.html) on Mova free.