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red star

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red star1

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example Sentences

Putin also gave the Egyptian official a black jacket with a red star on it, which el-Sisi wore during the trip.

The Red Star newspaper denounced her as “the Iron Lady,” and a myth was born.

Arcot pointed out the window at a red star that blazed in the distance.

There is a red star in this neighbourhood which is well worth looking for.

A thin haze hid the heavens, but away to the south a single great red star burned sullenly in the darkness.

We waited while a man might have swam from us to the Pinta, then forth it started again, red star that was no star.

For a moment her lips quivered, while the mark—the Red Star of future days and future fame—grew redder still.

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