Definition of Stanton

1. Noun. United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902).


Definition of Stanton

1. Proper noun. Any of several placenames in England from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure ¹

2. Proper noun. A habitational surname from either of these places ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stanton

Stanley Cohen
Stanley Frank Musial
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Smith Stevens
Stanley Steamer
Stanley Way
Stanley Way procedure
Stanley knife
Stanley knives
Stanleya
Stanleya pinnata
Stannius
Stannius ligature
Stansfield
Stansted
Stanton (current term)
Stapelias asterias
Staphylaceae
Staphylea
Staphylinidae
Star-Spangled Banner
Star Chamber
Star Scout
Star Trek
Star Wars
Star of David
Stara Zagora
Starbucks
Stardust
Starfighter

Literary usage of Stanton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1902)
"48, pages 421-3, relative to the personal history of Dorothy Stanton, ... The early life of this Dorothy Stanton was devoted to her father's family, ..."

2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"Official notice of this was sent to the President, to Stanton and to General Grant ... Next day Grant left the War Office and Stanton took possession of it. ..."

3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"Official notice of this was sent to the President, to Stanton and to General Grant ... Next day Grant left the War Office and Stanton took possession of it. ..."

4. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"His father, Richard H. Stanton, a native Alexandrian, was the son of Richard Stanton, a Virginian by birth and of English descent. ..."

5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1897)
"But Dr. Stanton has recently broken this up into three species in a genetic series, ... Stanton, from the Knoxville beds, Lower Cretaceous; ..."

6. The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political by David Masson (1881)
"These two persons, Henry Milton of Stanton St. John's and Agnes his wife, both dead before the year, were, it seems now ascertained, the great-grandfather ..."

7. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony: Including Public Addresses, Her Own by Ida Husted Harper (1898)
"When Mrs. Stanton and she reached a place where a meeting was to be held, the former would ... In the evening Mrs. Stanton would appear, rested and radiant, ..."

8. Reports ... 2d Series by International Labour Office, United States Tariff Commission (1915)
"He gave the name "Cave rock" to the lower and Stanton to the upper. ... and Stanton must be used for the upper limestone if the rules of priority are to be ..."

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