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Georgian star en · PROPN

Etymology

Translation of Georgium Sidus, Herschel's proposed name for the planet.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, historical) Georgium Sidus, the planet Uranus.
    • These Conjunctions are well worth the Attention of the Curious, and all those who may wish to have a View of the Georgian Star, by the Help of their Telescopes, as they afford a good Opportunity of finding it. 1794, Moore, Almanack, page 40:
    • Leave the red eye of Mars on rapid wing, / Jove's silver guards, and Saturn's dusky ring; / Leave the fair beams, which issuing from afar / Play with new lustres round the Georgian star […]. 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 54: