Acton (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Armor.
  1. a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
noun
  1. English historian.
  2. a former municipal borough in SE England, now part of the London borough of Ealing: center of Puritanism at the time of Cromwell.
  3. a city in NE Massachusetts.
noun (in medieval Europe)
  1. a jacket or jerkin, originally of quilted cotton, worn under a coat of mail
  2. a leather jacket padded with mail
verb (intr, preposition)
  1. to regulate one's behaviour in accordance with (advice, information, etc)
  2. to have an effect on (illness, a part of the body, etc)
noun
  1. a district of the London borough of Ealing
noun
  1. John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron. 1834–1902, English historian: a proponent of Christian liberal ethics and adviser of Gladstone
  2. 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)
Acton (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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