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Astor

as·tor

US/ˈæstɜr/ uncommon

noun

1.

British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)

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2.

United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848)

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Origin

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".

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