Gladstone

G2L1A1D2S1T1O1N1E1
/ˈɡlædstən/

proper noun

A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Gledstanes · alternative Gledstone

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English.
    1. William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister.
  2. Any of places of the same name.
    1. A town in the Kempsey council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A local government area in central Queensland, which includes the city; in full, Gladstone Region.
    3. A locality in Break O'Day council area and the Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
    4. A community and former town in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba.
    5. A locality in Carterton district, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand.
    6. A community and former town in the city of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
nounGladstone (plural Gladstones)

plural Gladstones · alternative Gledstanes · alternative Gledstone

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Gladstone bag.

    Would we help him to pack his Gladstone?

    1928, Rudyard Kipling, Dayspring Mishandled
    1 more example

    I lit a cigarette and got all dressed and then I packed these two Gladstones I have. It only took me about two minutes.

    1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 7, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC
  2. historicalA four-wheeled two-seated carriage with driver's seat and dicky.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna large travelling bag made of stiff leather

Broader
bagtraveling bagtravelling bag

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishglæd“shining”
  2. EnglishGladstone

From Old English glæd (“shining”) + stān (“stone”).

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APA

Gladstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gladstone

MLA

“Gladstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gladstone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gladstone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gladstone.

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