Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A star in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the sky, approximately 8.6 light years distant from Earth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very white star, the brightest in the heavens, more than half a magnitude brighter than Canopus, the next brightest; the dog-star. Its magnitude is—1.4. It is situated in the mouth of the Dog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) The Dog Star. See
Dog Star .
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- proper noun astronomy A
bluish -white star in theconstellation Canis Major ; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. Avertex of theWinter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky. It is actually a binary star with awhite dwarf companion star.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Sirius is the largest holding of the John Hancock fund.
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Friday, March 20 2009 its really funny how scared all of this big broadcasting terrestrial radio companies are if they constantly need to publish how bad Sirius is and how wonderful they are.
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I'm guessing he's in Sirius 'room at Grimmauld Place because the room looks like it's been ransacked.
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Our friend R.U. Sirius is editing a new magazine called h+ and the first issue is available as a free PDF.
Boing Boing 2008
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Biggest disappointment: the utter lack of emotional fallout after Sirius is killed.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » MOVIE ANALYSIS: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
hernesheir commented on the word Sirius
The dog-star.
March 15, 2011