wanderstar
nounEtymology From wander + star, probably a calque of German Wandelstern (“planet”). Compare the historic term wandering star, like the German term ultimately a calque from Ancient Greek.
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Fantasy, Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet.
- He had thumbed about in Chants of a Wander-Star last night in bed and wondered about the career of that marginal versifier — born out of his proper time and now remembered by Ackley in an era even less proper.1994, Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror:
- A thin scythe of moon was rising, near the white wanderstar of dawn or dusk.2003, Poul Anderson, Mother of Kings:
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- He passed gulls, terns, cormorants as if they were standing still. Now and then a wander-star crossed the heavens: one of the metal eyes the ancients hung over Alifros to spy on their enemies.2009, Robert V. S. Redick, The Red Wolf Conspiracy: