Pleiad

[ plee-uhd, plahy-uhd ]

noun

1. any of the Pleiades.
2. French Plé·iade [pley-, yad]. a group of seven French poets of the latter half of the 16th century.
3. (usually lowercase) any group of eminent or brilliant persons or things, especially when seven in number.

pleiad

¹

/ ˈplaɪəd /

noun

1. a brilliant or talented group, esp one with seven members

Pleiad

²

/ ˈplaɪəd /

noun

1. one of the Pleiades (stars or daughters of Atlas)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pleiad¹

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 Pleiades ¹

Example Sentences

But the best writer of tragedy, among those enumerated in “The Pleiad,” was Dionysides.

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Pleiad, plī′ad, n. one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, after death changed into stars:—pl.

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Under the command of one of our brave captains, the steamer Pleiad has already ascended as far as the town of Yola.

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Their laboratories were widely opened to foreigners, and lectures were being given by a pleiad of celebrated professors.

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The words were Charmides' own—of exquisite simplicity—twenty lines on the grief and weariness of a lost Pleiad.

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