Austin

[ aw-stuhn ]

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], 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 ( def 2 ).
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.

Austin

¹

/ ˈɒstɪn; ˈɔː- /

noun

1. AustinHerbert, 1st Baron18661941MBritishTECHNOLOGY: engineer Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866–1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company
2. AustinJohn17901859MBritishLAW: jurist John. 1790–1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system
3. AustinJ(ohn) L(angshaw)19111960MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher 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

Austin

²

/ ˈɒstɪn /

adjective

1. another word for Augustinian

Austin

³

/ ˈɒstɪn /

noun

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

Austin

1. Capital of Texas .

Notes

Location of the University of Texas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Austin¹

C14: shortened form of Augustine

Example Sentences

Austin’s mayorThe last one hits a little closer to home for Cruz.

From Washington Post

It looks like Austin’s Pentagon is taking diversity issues more seriously, though it has a lot more work to do.

From Vox

Known has over 300 employees in 6 US cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston and New York.

From Time

The Longhorns had a weekend date with Kentucky wiped out, and now get Baylor in Austin on Tuesday.

From Washington Post

Obviously, he cleared his schedule — and so did the Moody Theater in Austin, where the band performed.

From Washington Post

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.

From The Daily Beast

Austin Mahone, the teenage pop star with a more wholesome image than his predecessor Justin Bieber wants to tell you his story.

From The Daily Beast

“If you are a waiter, you can make twice as much in Austin relative to Flint,” remarked Moretti.

From The Daily Beast

Kole now lives and works as a dating coach in Austin, Texas, but was with RSD for eight years until 2012.

From The Daily Beast

Freelance journalist Austin Tice was abducted in Syria more than two years ago.

From The Daily Beast

He made the practice common in England, and the Austin Company adopted it on his joining them in this country.

From Project Gutenberg

Austin came back from school last week, which made a great time for the Amanuensis, you may be sure.

From Project Gutenberg

Austin grows fat and brown, and gets on not so ill with his lessons, and my mother is in great price.

From Project Gutenberg

At a later day the office was filled by Mr. Charles Austin, the distinguished writer on Jurisprudence.

From Project Gutenberg

There were grey friars and white friars, Austin friars and crutched friars, all of whose names remain in the London of to-day.

From Project Gutenberg