PLEIAD


Meaning of PLEIAD in English

[ple.iad] n [F Pleiade, group of seven 16th cent. Fr. poets, fr. MF, group of seven tragic poets of ancient Alexandria, fr. Gk Pleiad-, Pleias, fr. sing. of Pleiades] (ca. 1839): a group of usu. seven illustrious or brilliant persons or things Pleiad n: any of the Pleiades

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