n.
Pronunciation: ' pl ē - ə d, ' pl ā -, - ˌ ad, chiefly Brit ' pl ī -
Function: noun
Etymology: French Pléiade, group of seven 16th century French poets, from Middle French, group of seven tragic poets of ancient Alexandria, from Greek Pleiad-, Pleias, from singular of Pleiades
Date: circa 1839
: a group of usually seven illustrious or brilliant persons or things