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Definition of 'augustan'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) Augustan
of or pertaining to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar or to his age, considered the golden age of Latin literature.

2. Augustan
of or pertaining to neoclassicism in English literature.

Etymology: (1695–1705; < L)

Definition of 'augustan'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) Augustan
relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus
"the Augustan Age"

Definition of 'augustan'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) augustan
of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times

2. (noun) augustan
of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg

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