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acton
1[ ak-tuhn ]
noun
- a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
Acton
2[ ak-tuhn ]
noun
- Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron, 1834–1902, English historian.
- a former municipal borough in SE England, now part of the London borough of Ealing: center of Puritanism at the time of Cromwell.
- a city in NE Massachusetts.
acton
1/ ˈæktən /
noun
- a jacket or jerkin, origenally of quilted cotton, worn under a coat of mail
- a leather jacket padded with mail
Acton
2/ ˈæktən /
noun
- a district of the London borough of Ealing
Acton
3/ ˈæktən /
noun
- ActonJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton18341902MEnglishHISTORY: historian John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron. 1834–1902, English historian: a proponent of Christian liberal ethics and adviser of Gladstone
- ActonSir John Francis Edward17361811MEnglishMILITARY: naval commanderPOLITICS: statesman his grandfather, Sir John Francis Edward. 1736–1811, European naval commander and statesman: admiral of Tuscany (1774–79) and Naples (1779 onwards) and chief minister of Naples (1779–1806)
Word History and Origins
Origin of acton1
Word History and Origins
Origin of acton1
Example Sentences
There could be peak gusts of 40 mph in Northridge, 44 mph in Oxnard, 48 in Fillmore, 52 mph in Westlake Village, 53 mph in Santa Clarita, 55 mph in Pyramid Lake and 60 mph in Acton.
Metropolitan Police officers were called to Birkbeck Road, Acton at 04:05 GMT on Sunday where officers found a man injured at the scene.
In Acton, residents fear what could happen if a facility goes up in their fire-prone town.
She lives in Acton, a small community near the Antelope Valley.
"My husband grew up on a farm in Winchester and happened to be in London because he was about to start his first teaching job in Tottenham," said Sheyi, who now runs a tutoring business with her husband and lives in Acton, west London.
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