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English Dictionary: Aldebaran by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aldebaran
n
  1. the brightest star in Taurus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aldebaran \Al*deb"a*ran\, n. [Ar. al-debar[be]n, fr. dabar to
      follow; so called because this star follows upon the
      Pleiades.] (Astron.)
      A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of
      Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group
      called the Hyades.
  
               Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny
               Cassiopeia's chair.                                 --Spenser.
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