Astor

See also: astor

English

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".

Proper noun

Astor (plural Astors)

A surname.

Derived terms

Astoria

Anagrams

Astro, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, astro, astro-, ratos, roast, rotas, sorta, taros, tarso-

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