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Acton in American English
1st Baron(John Emerick Edward Dalberg-Acton) 1834-1902; Eng. historian: known as Lord Acton
noun: a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson

acton in British English
noun: a jacket or jerkin, originally of quilted cotton, worn under a coat of mail

Acton in British English 1
noun: a district of the London borough of Ealing

Acton in British English 2
noun: John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron. 1834–1902, English historian: a proponent of Christian liberal ethics and adviser of Gladstone

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