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Bel⋅la⋅trix

  [buh-ley-triks]
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–noun Astronomy.
a blue-white giant star in the constellation Orion, with apparent magnitude +1.63.
Origin:
< ML, L bellātrīx martial, waging war, equiv. to bellā(re) to wage war, (v. deriv. of bellum war) + -trīx -trix; appar. by assoc. with bellātor a name for Orion (L: warrior), though precise connection with this star unexplained
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Bellatrix 
bright star in the left shoulder of Orion, from L. bellatrix "a female warrior," fem. of bellator "to wage war," from bellum "war."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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