Auster

[ aw-ster ]

/ ˈɔ stər /

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noun Literary.

the south wind personified.

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Origin of Auster

1325–75; Middle English <Latin

Words nearby Auster

austenite, austenitic, austenitic stainless steel, austenitize, Austen, Jane, Auster, austere, austerity, Austerlitz, Austin, Austin Flint murmur

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How to use Auster in a sentence

Winter Journal By Paul Auster More than simply a memoir by one of the finest American novelists.
Pete Hamill’s Christmas Book Bag|Pete Hamill|December 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Not wasting a day, Erdogan responded to Auster in a party meeting, calling the author an “ignorant man.”
Paul Auster’s Criticism of Turkey’s Treatment of Writers Rebuked by P.M.|Oray Egin|February 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In 1996 Auster himself, along with 143 other international writers, was called in to court to testify.
Paul Auster’s Criticism of Turkey’s Treatment of Writers Rebuked by P.M.|Oray Egin|February 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Although Auster refuses to go to Turkey, this may be the perfect opportunity for his visit.
Paul Auster’s Criticism of Turkey’s Treatment of Writers Rebuked by P.M.|Oray Egin|February 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Rabb also recounts a contest between Jeffrey Eugenides and Paul Auster for the title of most-shoplifted writer in the U.K.
Steal This Book|Rachel Shteir|July 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Notus (or Auster), the south wind, was usually represented by an old man with dusky wings.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
And you will be able to plait them up with ribbons, as Camilla did, you know, for Black Auster.'
Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves|Frances Freeling Broderip
As in the London version of 1600, the dog is omitted, and the words Septentrio and Auster are added.
On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth|William Gilbert of Colchester
Or was it but a faint breath, lost in the rushing of the Auster?
The Green Book|Mr Jkai
Thus we shall have an eighth part of the circumference set out for Auster and another for Septentrio.
Ten Books on Architecture|Vitruvius

British Dictionary definitions for Auster

Auster

/ (ˈɔːstə) /

noun

poetic the south wind

Word Origin for Auster

C14: Latin

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