Sirius
Americannoun
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Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
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Classical Mythology. Also Sirius
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the dog of Orion.
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Icarius' faithful dog, who was changed into a star.
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noun
Etymology
Origin of Sirius
1325–75; Middle English < Latin Sīrius < Greek Seírios
Example Sentences
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He used the giant telescope to capture the twinkling of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
From Los Angeles Times
"American presidents come and go, but the Sirius patrol will remain. This is because it is the most effective way of doing things," he said.
From Barron's
He is instead fashioning himself after cable pioneer John Malone, who built a stable of connectivity and sports assets including Formula One, Sirius XM and Live Nation.
The Sirius patrol, tasked with defending a huge, largely uninhabited swathe of the island in the northeast measuring 972,000 square km, travels across the ice by dogsled.
From Barron's
Large swathes of it are policed only by Sirius Patrol, a Danish special operations unit that relies primarily on dog sleds.
From BBC
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