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Austin

[aw-stuh n]
noun
  1. Alfred,1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
  2. John,1790–1859, English writer on law.
  3. John Lang·shaw [lang-shaw] /ˈlæŋ ʃɔ/, 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. Augustine, Saint(def 2).
  8. a city in and the capital of Texas, in the central part, on the Colorado River.
  9. a city in SE Minnesota.
  10. a male given name, form of Augustus.
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British Dictionary definitions for stephen f austin

Austin1

noun
  1. a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)
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Austin2

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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Austin3

adjective, noun
  1. another word for Augustinian
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Word Origin

C14: shortened form of Augustine
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Word Origin and History for stephen f austin

Austin

surname (also Austen) and masc. proper name, from Old French Aousten, an abbreviated form of Latin Augustine.

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stephen f austin in Culture

Austin

Capital of Texas.

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Note

Location of the University of Texas.
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