Pleiad

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Ple·iad

 (plē′əd, -ăd′, plī′-)
n. pl. Ple·ia·des (plē′ə-dēz′, plī′-)
1. One of the Pleiades.
2. often pleiad A group of seven illustrious persons.

[Back-formation from Pleiades.]
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pleiad

(ˈplaɪəd)
n
(Art Terms) a brilliant or talented group, esp one with seven members
[C16: originally French Pléiade, name given by Pierre de Ronsard to himself and six other poets after a group of Alexandrian Greek poets who were called this after the Pleiades1]

Pleiad

(ˈplaɪəd)
n
(Classical Myth & Legend) one of the Pleiades
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Ple•iad

(ˈpli əd, ˈplaɪ əd)

n.
1. any of the Pleiades.
2. (usu. l.c.) any group of eminent or brilliant persons or things, esp. when seven in number.
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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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Translations
References in classic literature
Under the command of one of our brave captains, the steamer Pleiad has already ascended as far as the town of Yola.
Thus, as the political Pleiad of the day said, the first king in the world was seen descending from his horse with an ardor beyond compare , and on the crown of his hat scrawling bombastic phrases, which M.
Tottering above In her highest noon The enamoured moon Blushes with love, While, to listen, the red levin(With the rapid Pleiads, even, Which were seven,) Pauses in Heaven
He never closed his eyes, but kept them fixed on the Pleiads, on late-setting Bootes, and on the Bear--which men also call the wain, and which turns round and round where it is, facing Orion, and alone never dipping into the stream of Oceanus--for Calypso had told him to keep this to his left.
He wrought the earth, the heavens, and the sea; the moon also at her full and the untiring sun, with all the signs that glorify the face of heaven--the Pleiads, the Hyads, huge Orion, and the Bear, which men also call the Wain and which turns round ever in one place, facing.
`When the Pleiads, the daughters of Atlas, begin to rise begin the harvest, and begin ploughing ere they set.
While it is true that several countries could give in from the pressure from Washington to "encircle" Huawei and restrict its services and products, so is the fact that many other countries, especially the many that have China as their main trading partner, in addition to all the pleiad of emerging and developing countries that are being seduced by the economic possibilities, and in this specific case, technology offered by China and its companies.
He died leaving behind himself a pleiad of great venues, actors, musicals and plays.
The Pleiade continued to fascinate me, the term suggesting itself quite naturally: Terence Emmons around the same time referred to the cohort as "a remarkable pleiad." (2)
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