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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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Ever since there have only been six stars, the six maidens, in the Pleiad.

From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew

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

Like the lost Pleiad seen no more below.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry