English Explanatory Dictionary

Pleiad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of 16th-century French poets who sought to enrich the French language.
noun
  1. Any one of the Pleiades.
  2. A member of the Pleiades cluster.
noun
  1. A group of illustrious or talented people, especially one with seven members.

Word forms

Pleiad Pleiads

Etymology

Probably from the English Pleiades, divine sisters in Greek mythology who were believed to have been placed in the heavens as a well known group of seven stars.

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