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Webster 1913 Edition


Aldebaran

Al-deb′a-ran

(ăl-dĕb′ȧ-răn)
,
p
rop.
Noun.
[Ar.
al-debarān
, fr.
dabar
to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades.]
(Astron.)
A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull’s Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the
Hyades
.
Now when
Aldebaran
was mounted high
Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair.
Spenser.