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Auster

[ aw-ster ]

noun

, Literary.
  1. the south wind personified.


Auster

/ ˈɔːstə /

noun

  1. poetic.
    the south wind


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Auster1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Auster1

C14: Latin

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Example Sentences

Winter Journal By Paul Auster More than simply a memoir by one of the finest American novelists.

Not wasting a day, Erdogan responded to Auster in a party meeting, calling the author an “ignorant man.”

In 1996 Auster himself, along with 143 other international writers, was called in to court to testify.

Although Auster refuses to go to Turkey, this may be the perfect opportunity for his visit.

Rabb also recounts a contest between Jeffrey Eugenides and Paul Auster for the title of most-shoplifted writer in the U.K.

Notus (or Auster), the south wind, was usually represented by an old man with dusky wings.

And you will be able to plait them up with ribbons, as Camilla did, you know, for Black Auster.'

As in the London version of 1600, the dog is omitted, and the words Septentrio and Auster are added.

Or was it but a faint breath, lost in the rushing of the Auster?

Thus we shall have an eighth part of the circumference set out for Auster and another for Septentrio.

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