Austin

Austin, Stephen Fuller 1793-1836.

American colonizer and political leader who worked to make Texas a state of Mexico but later helped Texas settlers gain their independence (1836).

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Aus·tin ¹  (ôstn)

See Saint Augustine².

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Aus·tin ²  (ôstn, stn)

The capital of Texas, in the south-central part of the state. Austin was selected as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1839 and became the permanent capital of the state of Texas in 1870. The main campus of the University of Texas (established 1881) is here. Population: 710,000.

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Austin¹

n

(Placename) a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop.: 656 462 (2000)

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Austin²

adj & n

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) another word for Augustinian

[shortened form of Augustine (354-430 ad), saint and one of the Fathers of the Christian Church]

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Austin²

n

1. (Biographies / Austin, Herbert, 1st Baron (1866-1941) M, British, TECHNOLOGY: engineer) Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866-1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company

2. (Biographies / Austin, John (1790-1859) M, British, LAW: jurist) John. 1790-1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system

3. (Biographies / Austin, J(ohn) L(angshaw) (1911-1960) M, English, PHILOSOPHY: 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

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Austin - state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas capital of Texas University of Texas - a university in Austin, Texas Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico