Austin

American  

[aw-stuhn] / ˈɔ stən /

noun

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

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

3. John Langshaw 1911–60, British philosopher.

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

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

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

7. Saint Augustine.

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

9. a city in southeastern Minnesota.

10. a first name, form of Augustus.

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Austin ¹ British  

/ ˈɒstɪn /

noun

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

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Austin ² British  

/ ˈɒstɪn /

adjective

1. another word for Augustinian

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Austin ³ British  

/ 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

3. 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

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Austin Cultural  

1. Capital of Texas.

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Location of the University of Texas.

Etymology

Origin of Austin

C14: shortened form of _Augustine

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Example Sentences

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Austin

“This isn’t just meant to help teens,” Austin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Austin said increases to the minimum wage and employer National Insurance Contributions following the previous Budget had cost Burgerism about £150,000 a year.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The team split the cars in Singapore to try to understand the package better, and then used it on both cars in Austin.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Partners in several different practice groups around the firm are frantically sending résumés to rival firms, including Sidley Austin, White & Case, and Simpson Thacher, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ruby sinks into her seat, but her eyes follow Edie all the way to a table across the room, where she sits with the two Graces and a pair of boys, Sean and Austin.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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