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Pleiad
[ plee-uhd, plahy-uhd ]
noun
- any of the Pleiades.
- French Plé·iade [pley-, yad]. a group of seven French poets of the latter half of the 16th century.
- (usually lowercase) any group of eminent or brilliant persons or things, especially when seven in number.
pleiad
1/ ˈplaɪəd /
noun
- a brilliant or talented group, esp one with seven members
Pleiad
2/ ˈplaɪəd /
noun
- one of the Pleiades (stars or daughters of Atlas)
Word History and Origins
Origin of Pleiad1
Example Sentences
The Mayan urn was donated to Albion College Archives by alumnus Marvin Vann in 2003, the Pleiad reported.
In an email to students and staff Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Johnson identified the person responsible for the graffiti as a “current student of color,” but did not reveal whether a motive had been determined, the student-run Albion Pleiad reported.
A Black student was also recently threatened by a non-student while driving, the Pleiad reported.
When he’s tired of being touched by strangers: Come back to me when you’re done being flung through the firmament, you lost Pleiad.
To come nearer home, New Zealand has her University and affiliated colleges; and West Australia is at this moment taking active steps for the establishment of her own State University, so that it remains at present doubtful whether Queensland or West Australia is to play the part of the most retiring of this pleiad of Australasian Universities.
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