Alkaid
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.
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From Arabic القَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش (“the leader of the girls at the bier”), from قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”) + بَنَات (banāt) plural of بِنْت (bint, “girl”) + نَعْش (naʕš, “bier”). With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear). Doublet of alcaide and caid.