Stowe
[ stoh ]
/ stoʊ /
noun
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher,1811–96,
U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
a town in N Vermont: ski resort.
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British Dictionary definitions for stowe (1 of 2)
Stowe
1
/ (stəʊ) /
noun
a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped gardens: now occupied by a public school
British Dictionary definitions for stowe (2 of 2)
Stowe
2
/ (stəʊ) /
noun
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811–96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause