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Au·gus·tan       [aw-guhs-tuhn, uh-guhs-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, or to the age (Augustan Age) in which he flourished, which marked the golden age of Latin literature.
2.of or pertaining to the neoclassic period, esp. of 18th-century English literature.
–noun
3.an author in an Augustan age.
[Origin: 1695–1705; < L Augustānus. See Augustus, -an]
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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