red star

noun

: a star having a very low surface temperature and a red color

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Reports of earthquake felt away from source (red star) on February 14, 2025. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 During his memorial, his coffin was secured on the van and draped in the Syrian flag—not the one that hung from Assad’s palace but an earlier version, with three red stars, that had been revived as an emblem of the revolution. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 See the location of the Hollywood Sign marked by the red star in the image below. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 These Earth-sized planets were found orbiting a small red star called TRAPPIST-1, a star 40 light-years away with one-tenth of the mass of the sun. Lisa Kaltenegger, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for red star

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of red star was in 1750

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“Red star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20star. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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