Meanings
plural Eisenstadts
- countableuncountableA city in Burgenland, Austria.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from German.
- USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablegovernmentEllipsis of Eisenstadt v. Baird, a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded legalized contraception, expanding access to contraceptives to unmarried couples, and effectively legalized premarital sex, under the Equal Protection Clause following the Griswold ruling; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
Origin
- GermanEisenstadt
- EnglishEisenstadt
Borrowed from German Eisenstadt.
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