Definition of astrakhans Astrakhans
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What does astrakhans mean?
Wiktionary 
- astrakhans (Noun)
Plural of astrakhan.
Part of speech
🔤- astrakhans, noun, plural of astrakhan.
WordNet
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| astrakhan - a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River | ||
| astrakhan - the fur of young lambs |
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- astrakhan (a.)
Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. - astrakhan (n.)
The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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astrakhan
as′tra-kan, n. name given to lamb-skins with a curled wool obtained from Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea: a rough fabric made in imitation of it
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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astrakhan
(Southeast Russia). Capital of a province of the same name; it was captured by the Russians in 1554; besieged by the Turks in 1569, who were defeated with great slaughter; seized by the rebel Stenko Razin in 1670, who was soon dispossessed of it by his uncle Jacolof. The province was visited and settled by Peter the Great in 1722.
Part of speech
🔤- astrakhan, noun, singular of astrakhans.
