Austin

[ aw-stuhn ]

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

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

  1. John Lang·shaw [lang-shaw], /ˈlæŋ ʃɔ/, 1911–60, British philosopher.

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

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

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

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

  6. a city in SE Minnesota.

  7. a male given name, form of Augustus.

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British Dictionary definitions for Austin (1 of 3)

Austin1

/ (ˈɒstɪn) /


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

British Dictionary definitions for Austin (2 of 3)

Austin2

/ (ˈɒstɪn, 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

  1. 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

British Dictionary definitions for Austin (3 of 3)

Austin3

/ (ˈɒstɪn) /


adjective, noun
  1. another word for Augustinian

Origin of Austin

3
C14: shortened form of Augustine

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Cultural definitions for Austin

Austin

Capital of Texas.

Notes for Austin

Location of the University of Texas.

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