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  Pleiad

  noun

  any of the Pleiades.
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  pleiad

  noun

  a brilliant or talented group, esp one with seven members

Pleiad

American  

[plee-uhd, plahy-uhd] / ˈpli əd, ˈplaɪ əd /

noun

1. any of the Pleiades.

2. French Pléiade.  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.

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Pleiad ¹ British  

/ ˈplaɪəd /

noun

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

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pleiad ² British  

/ ˈplaɪəd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pleiad

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

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John Rogers' Lost Pleiad shows American sculpture at its most blatantly sentimental.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are a great many old tales about the lost Pleiad.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen

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

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton

One of the most interesting is the fading of the 7th Pleiad, due, according to Ovid, to grief at the taking of Troy.

From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir

Two of his earlier figures are his most famous, his "Nydia" and his "Lost Pleiad."

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

We bring you the lost pleiad of your heart.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various

It must not be forgotten that it was by the most extravagant largesses, by making a traffic of everything, that he encouraged the pleiad of artists who shed such glory upon his name.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The mistake, meantime, I believe to be, not in the Grecian pleiad of sages, but in ourselves, who have falsely apprehended them.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by De Quincey, Thomas

But he inaugurates the pleiad of amateur, curious, and commercial travellers.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora

The Minister said that Victor Hugo, while living, figured in the glorious pleiad of great poets—with Corneille, Molière, Racine, and Voltaire.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett