Usually means: Historical coat worn by men.
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  1. Acton: Merriam-Webster
  2. acton: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Acton, Acton, acton: Wordnik
  4. Acton, acton: Wiktionary
  5. Acton: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. acton: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Acton, acton: Dictionary.com
  8. Acton (MA), Acton (Turrell), Acton (UK Parliament constituency), Acton (surname), Acton: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Acton: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. acton: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Acton: Rhymezone
  12. Acton: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. Acton: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. acton: FreeDictionary.org
  15. acton: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Acton: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. acton: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Acton)

noun:  (uncountable) Any of a few places in England:
noun:  A village in Burland and Acton parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6353).
noun:  A hamlet in Langton Matravers parish, Purbeck district, Dorset (OS grid ref SY9878).
noun:  A town and suburb in the borough of Ealing, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2080).
noun:  A hamlet in Allendale parish, south-west Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8351).
noun:  A village in Lydbury North parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO3184).
noun:  A hamlet in Whitmore parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8241).
noun:  A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8944).
noun:  A locality in Ombersley parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8467).
noun:  A suburb and community in Wrexham county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3451).
noun:  A place in Canada:
noun:  A community of the town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario.
noun:  A regional county municipality in the Montérégie region, Quebec.
noun:  (uncountable) Any of a few places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama.
noun:  A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California.
noun:  A ghost town in Polk County, Florida.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Harris County, Georgia, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States.
noun:  A town in York County, Maine.
noun:  A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in McNairy County, Tennessee, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Hood County, Texas, United States.
noun:  (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
noun:  Alternative form of aketon [(historical) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.]
noun:  Obsolete form of actinon. [(physics, dated) Radon-219 (²¹⁹₈₆Rn; symbol An), an isotope of radon]

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