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Astor
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astor
English
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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 oc astur "hawk".
Proper noun
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Derived terms
en Astoria
Anagrams
en aorst Astro Roats Sarot Troas artos astro astro- ratos roast rotas sorta taros tarso-