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astrakan

astrakan is the alternative form of astrakhan.

Meaning of astrakhan

Noun

astrakhan (countable and uncountable, plural astrakhans)

  1. Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
  2. Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings.
    • Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Story of the Bald-headed Man”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, pages 66–67

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Forms of astrakan

pluralastrakans

Questions about astrakan

What is astrakan the alternative form of?
Astrakan is the alternative form of astrakhan.

Words near astrakan in the dictionary

  1. astragalotibial
  2. astragals
  3. astragalus
  4. astragyromancy
  5. astrain
  6. astrakan
  7. astrakanite
  8. astrakans
  9. astrakhan
  10. Astrakhan fever
  11. astrakhaned

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