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Austin

[aw-stuhn]

noun

  1. Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.

  2. John, 1790–1859, English writer on law.

  3. John Langshaw 1911–60, British philosopher.

  4. Mary (Hunter), 1868–1934, U.S. novelist, playwright, and short-story writer.

  5. Stephen Fuller, 1793–1836, American colonizer in Texas.

  6. Warren Robinson, 1877–1962, U.S. diplomat.

  7. Saint Augustine.

  8. a city in and the capital of Texas, in the central part, on the Colorado River.

  9. a city in southeastern Minnesota.

  10. a first name, form of Augustus.



Austin

1

/ ˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)

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Austin

2

/ ˈɒɪ, ˈɔː- /

noun

  1. Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866–1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company

  2. John. 1790–1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system

  3. J ( ohn ) L ( angshaw ) (ˈlæŋʃɔː). 1911–60, English philosopher, whose lectures Sense and Sensibilia and How to do Things with Words were published posthumously in 1962

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Austin

3

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. another word for Augustinian

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Austin

  1. Capital of Texas.

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Location of the University of Texas.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Austin1

C14: shortened form of Augustine
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Example Sentences

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The lawsuit names Thomas Austin, architect of the Capitol, as the defendant.

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The rebels eventually relented under threat of arrest, a rare power in the Texas Constitution used to compel absent members back to return to Austin when the Legislature is in session.

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Apart, that is, from the USA, where there are three races, in Austin, Miami and Las Vegas, because it is such a large and important marketplace for the sport's commercial rights holders, Liberty Media.

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Protests also sprang up in at least nine other US cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Austin and San Francisco.

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The taxi service first launched in San Francisco and Phoenix and plans to expand to Miami, Atlanta and Austin, Texas.

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