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Star-spangled

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Star´-span`gled    (stär´-spăņ`g'ld)
a.1.Spangled or studded with stars.
Star-spangled banner
the popular name for the national ensign of the United States; also the name of a poem, the words of which were composed by Francis Scott Key, which was adopted as the national anthem of the United States.
- F. S. Key.


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