GLADSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gladstone mean? 

• GLADSTONE (noun)
  The noun GLADSTONE has 2 senses:

1. liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)

2. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather

  Familiarity information: GLADSTONE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLADSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gladstone; William Ewart Gladstone; William Gladstone

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large travelling bag made of stiff leather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Gladstone; Gladstone bag; portmanteau

Hypernyms ("Gladstone" is a kind of...):

bag; grip; suitcase; traveling bag; travelling bag (a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes)

 Context examples 

He opened the Gladstone bag as he spoke, and took out, to my astonishment, a very large bath-sponge.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes, a San Francisco-based independent biomedical research institution, were able to remove the primary genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, which is a gene named apoE4.

(Alzheimer's Disease Gene Successfully Removed From Human Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Now, NSF-funded researchers at Gladstone Institutes are approaching this devastating disease from a different angle.

(Predicting Alzheimer's-like memory loss before it strikes, National Science Foundation)

A team led by Steven Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D., director and senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, and professor of neurology and physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, explored whether computers could be trained to identify structures in unstained cells.

(Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells, National Institutes of Health)

“I have just been there, and I have taken it out, and I have got it in this Gladstone bag. Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will not fit the lock.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)