Associations to the word «Astor»

Wiktionary

ASTOR, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

ASTOR, noun. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964).
ASTOR, noun. United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne