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STAR GAZER

Specialty Definition: STAR GAZER

DomainDefinition

Slang in 1811

STAR GAZER. A horse who throws up his head; also a hedge whore. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: STAR GAZER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Oracle

Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter.

World

Astronomy; uranography, uranology; cosmology, cosmography, cosmogony; eidouranion, orrery; geodesy. (measurement); star gazing, star gazer; astronomer; observatory; planetarium.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: STAR GAZER

Specialty definitions using "STAR GAZER": GALILEO. (references)

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Modern Usage: STAR GAZER

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Star Gazer (1914)

Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: STAR GAZER

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: STAR GAZER

Computer Images:
STAR GAZER

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: STAR GAZER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

star gazer

56

star gazer lily

33

star gazer lillies

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: STAR GAZER

Language Translations for "STAR GAZER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

astrolog (astrologer), ëndërrimtar (contemplative, daydreamer, dreamy, illusionist, lotus eater, utopian). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

астроном (astronomer), астролог (astrologer). (various references)

   

German

  

sterndeuter (astrologer, astrologers). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ονειροπόλοσ (daydreamer, dreamer, musing, stargazer, visionary). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csillagász (astronomer, star-gazer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arstay azergay

   

Romanian

  

astronom (astronomer), astrolog (astrologer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

астролог (astrloger, astrologer, astrologist), идеалист (idealist). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stjärnskådare, dagdrömmare (daydreamer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: STAR GAZER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: stargazer.

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-r-r-s-t-z"

-1 letter: stargaze.

-2 letters: erratas, garrets, garters, gastrea, graters, grazers, teargas.

-3 letters: agates, arrest, errata, ersatz, garret, garter, gaster, gazars, gazers, grater, grates, grazer, grazes, greats, rarest, raster, raters, razers, reatas, retags, stager, starer, targes, tarres, terras.

-4 letters: agars, agate, agaze, agers, areas, arras, aster, gates, gazar, gazer, gazes, gears, getas, grate, graze, great, ragas, rages.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-r-r-s-t-z"
 

+1 letter: stargazers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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