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Definition: Astor |
AstorNoun1. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964). 2. American capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Astor" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a hawk". |
Date "Astor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ASTOR | English | Associative storage | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
See John Jacob Astor.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Astor."
Synonyms: AstorSynonyms: John Jacob Astor (n), Nancy Witcher Astor (n), Viscountess Astor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Astor |
| Non-English Usage: "Astor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Astor), Serbo-Croatian (astor). |
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Lyrics | You strut your astor wear (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Astor Piazzola (1974) The Astor Tramp (1899) Astor Battery on Parade (1899) Staff and Veterans of the Spanish-American War Col. John Jacob Astor (1899) The Astor Battery (1898) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Lady Astor, American born British peeress visits Washington. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Interior of residence of John Jacob Astor, New York City. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Astor, John J., Mrs. (Ava Willing), portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Astor, Mary, Miss, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Children of Willam Astor Chanler looking at a book. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New York City views. Times Square, with Astor and Gaiety theaters. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dinner to Commander Robert E. Peary, U.S.N., Hotel Astor, March 5, 1910. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Annual banquet, National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Ass'n., Hotel Astor, New York City, Feb. 23, 1906. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Astor House. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Lady Nancy Astor | I married beneath me. All women do. |
| The only thing I like about rich people is their money. | |
| The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. | |
| One reason I don't drink is because I wish to know when I'm having a good time. | |
| We are not asking for superiority for we have always had that; all we ask is equality. | |
| In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on a woman. | |
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| "Astor" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.36% of the time. "Astor" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.36% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.64% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Astor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Astor | Last name | 170 | 41,440 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Astor, FL (CDP, FIPS 2275) |
Expressions using "Astor": John Jacob Astor ♦ Nancy Witcher Astor ♦ Viscountess Astor. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Astor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Astor. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | astoray astor. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Astor": alastor, castor, copastor, pastor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Astor": alastors, castoreum, castoreums, castors, copastors, pastoral, pastorale, pastorales, pastorali, pastoralism, pastoralisms, pastoralist, pastoralists, pastorally, pastoralness, pastoralnesses, pastorals, pastorate, pastorates, pastored, pastoring, pastors, pastorship, pastorships, unpastoral. (additional references) | |
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"Astor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aitor, Ansto, Antro, Astar, asthor, Astmoor, asto, Astros, Astrov, Atgor, Atsaoir, Atsuo, Azato, Dastor, Istok, Kastor, Ostro, Usdor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ratos, roast, rotas, taros, toras. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: arts, oars, oast, oats, orts, osar, rato, rats, rota, rots, soar, sora, sort, star, stoa, taos, taro, tars, tora, tors, tsar. | |
-2 letters: ars, art, oar, oat, ora, ors, ort, ras, rat, rot, sat, sot, tao, tar, tas, tor. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, at, or, os, so, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aborts, actors, aorist, aortas, argots, aristo, assort, boarts, castor, costar, gators, groats, korats, oaters, orates, ottars, pastor, ratios, roasts, rostra, sartor, satori, scrota, stator, storax, stroma, tabors, tarocs, taroks, tarots, tolars, torahs, troaks, tronas. | |
+2 letters: abators, aerosat, airpost, alastor, amorist, aorists, aristos, aroints, aroynts, assorts, atoners, attorns, authors, boaster, boaters, borates, borstal, cantors, captors, carrots, cartons, castors, cavorts, coaster, coaters, contras, costard, costars, cottars, cratons, dotards, earshot, esparto, factors, formats, garotes, harlots, maestro, marmots, matrons, mortals, mortars, natrons, nonarts, oralist, orators, orgeats, ostiary, ostmark, ostraca, outsoar, outwars, oxcarts, parrots, partons, pastors, patrols, patrons, portals, postwar, proteas, quartos, rabatos, ragouts, ragtops, raptors, rations, ratoons, rattons, rebatos, rialtos, roasted, roaster, robusta, roseate, rostral, rotates, rubatos, santour, sartors, satoris, sautoir, scrotal, seaport, senator, shortia, sorbate, stardom, stators, storage, stromal, surcoat, tabours, tailors, tarpons, thorias, throats, toaster, torsade, torulas, towards, transom, travois, treason, trocars, troikas, tsardom, turacos, viators. | |
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