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auguste

/ aʊˈɡuːst; ˈaʊˌɡʊst /

noun

  1. often capital a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of auguste1

C20: French, from German
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Example Sentences

Hadria was playing with her; she liked that better than having Jean Paul Auguste to play with.

Marie-Louise and Philippe-Auguste, who had just come in from the gutter, were slapping each other all the way upstairs.

Marie-Louise and Philippe-Auguste, however, had now left the house and were running up and down the street.

"We are proud of our pond, which Mr. Auguste Chouteau has made for us," she said.

Hopelessly, Auguste stood up and bent over to pick up the iron ball chained to his leg.

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