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blue straggler

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. one of a small group of blue stars within a cluster that falls near the main sequence even though other stars of its color have evolved off the main sequence.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blue straggler1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

It would be bluer than it should be and would be of a type known to astronomers as a “blue straggler”.

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