English Explanatory Dictionary

Astor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Astor Astors

Etymology

Name of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), born in Walldorf, near Heidelsberg, in the Electoral Palatinate. Astor was the descendant of Savoyard Waldensians who had fled to Germany in the preceding century. Likely from the Occitan astur "hawk".

Derived words

Astoria
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