資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
   OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
   stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
   sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
   'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
   Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. {Stratum}), and originally
   applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
   being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
   {Aster}, {Asteroid}, {Constellation}, {Disaster}, {Stellar}.]
   1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
      heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
      comets, and nebul[ae].

            His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the
            stars in the frosty night.            --Chaucer.

   Note: The stars are distinguished as {planets}, and {fixed
         stars}. See {Planet}, {Fixed stars} under {Fixed}, and
         {Magnitude of a star} under {Magnitude}.

   2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.

   3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
      (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
      influence fortune.

            O malignant and ill-brooding stars.   --Shak.

            Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.

   4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
      worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.

            On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
      asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
      to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.

   6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
      the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
      in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

   7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
      on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
      theatrical performer, etc.

   Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
         generally of obvious signification: as, star-aspiring,
         star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
         star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
         star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled,
         star-wreathed.