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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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Astor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Astor
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“Astor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Astor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Astor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Astor.
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