Auster

American  

[aw-ster] / ˈɔ stər /

noun

Literary.

1. the south wind personified.

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Auster British  

/ ˈɔːstə /

noun

1. poetic the south wind

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Etymology

Origin of Auster

1325–75; Middle English < Latin

Example Sentences

The legacy of this binational style—“I think I’m probably anchored somewhere in the channel,” Mr. Barnes once told an interviewer—is a little like that of Paul Auster, who adapted the French avant-garde for an American idiom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Writers who died this year include the novelists Edna O'Brien and Paul Auster, and the short-story writer Alice Munro.

From BBC

Paul Auster was praised for his sharp dialogue, and his books have been translated into more than 40 languages.

From BBC

Downey’s McNeal has the chiseled masculine swagger of such writers as Richard Ford and Paul Auster.

From Los Angeles Times

“Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain,” novelist Paul Auster once wrote.

From Seattle Times