Alderamin

noun

Al·​der·​a·​min al-ˈder-ə-mən 

astronomy

: a white variable star of the second magnitude that is the brightest star in the constellation Cepheus

Five thousand years hence, Alderamin, in Cepheus will be the North Star, and 12,000 years from now it will be brilliant Vega in Lyra.

—Phillip D. Stern, St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, 1 May 1988

called also Alpha Cephei

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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