all-star

[ awl-stahr ]

adjective
  1. consisting of athletes chosen as the best at their positions from all teams in a league or region: Our quarterback was chosen for the all-star team.

  2. consisting entirely of star performers: an all-star cast.

noun
  1. Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.

Origin of all-star

1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words Nearby all-star

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How to use all-star in a sentence

  • It sounded the death knell of the all-star League, and it went to pieces like a house of cards.

  • It was only a monologue, however: now we have an all-star cast: and they're not only Irish; they're royal Irish.

    The Book of the Damned | Charles Fort
  • Frohman literally loved the word "star," and he delighted in the so-called "all-star casts."

    Charles Frohman: Manager and Man | Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman
  • He was pretty hard hit by the failure of the all-star League to go through last year, but hes got plenty left.

    Baseball Joe, Home Run King | Lester Chadwick
  • He had "an all-star production," direct from "the leading theatres of the universe."

    The Daughter of Anderson Crow | George Barr McCutcheon

British Dictionary definitions for all-star

all-star

adjective
  1. (prenominal) consisting of star performers

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