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Pleiad

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Ple·iad  (pld, -d, pl-)
n. pl. Ple·ia·des (pl-dz, pl-)
1. One of the Pleiades.
2. often pleiad A group of seven illustrious persons.

[Back-formation from Pleiades.]

pleiad [ˈplaɪəd]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a brilliant or talented group, esp one with seven members
[originally French Pléiade, name given by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-85) to himself and six other poets after a group of Alexandrian Greek poets who were called this after the Pleiades1]

Pleiad [ˈplaɪəd]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) one of the Pleiades (stars or daughters of Atlas)

Pleiad a close group or cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, 1388; hence. a group of brilliant persons or outstanding things.
Examples: pleiad of French poets, 1838; of stars, 1388; of writers, 1882.


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