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English Dictionary: stellar by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stellar
adj
  1. indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance"
    Synonym(s): leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)
  2. being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars; "an astral body"; "stellar light"
    Synonym(s): stellar, astral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stellar \Stel"lar\, Stellary \Stel"la*ry\, a. [L. stellaris, fr.
      stella a star. See {Star}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;
            stellary orbs.
  
                     [These soft fires] in part shed down Their stellar
                     virtue.                                             --Milton.
  
      2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
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