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

He grew up in a blue dot in red Tennessee, so setting the show in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, felt familiar.

From Los Angeles Times

Austin Reaves, one of the Lakers’ best shooters, missed two earlier in crunch time.

From Los Angeles Times

"Studying ancient DNA lets us reach back in time, tracking evolutionary changes directly in historical populations," said lead researcher Vagheesh Narasimhan, assistant professor of integrative biology and statistics and data sciences at UT Austin.

From Science Daily

There has been a controversy, too, over Verstappen’s on-track racing tactics, caused by his defensive driving against Norris in Austin in October.

From BBC

Austin Butler — “Dune: Part Two” “Kieran Culkin winning an award for playing an extroverted charmer masking a deep well of pain? Didn’t that already happen with ‘Succession’?

From Los Angeles Times