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acton [ˈæktən]
n (in medieval Europe)
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a jacket or jerkin, originally of quilted cotton, worn under a coat of mail
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a leather jacket padded with mail
[from Old French auqueton, probably ultimately from Arabic alqutun the cotton]
Acton [ˈæktən]
n
(Placename) a district of the London borough of Ealing
Acton2
n
1. (Biographies / Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton (1834-1902) M, English, HISTORY: historian) John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron. 1834-1902, English historian: a proponent of Christian liberal ethics and adviser of Gladstone
2. (Biographies / Acton, Sir John Francis Edward (1736-1811) M, English, MILITARY: naval commander, POLITICS: statesman) his grandfather, Sir John Francis Edward. 1736-1811, European naval commander and statesman: admiral of Tuscany (1774-79) and Naples (1779 onwards) and chief minister of Naples (1779-1806)
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