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Definition of Stanton
1. Noun. United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902).
Generic synonyms: Feminist, Libber, Women's Liberationist, Women's Rightist, Suffragist
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
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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