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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arcturus \Arc*tu"rus\, n. [L. Arcturus, Gr ? bearward, equiv. to ?; ? bear + ? ward, guard. See {Arctic}.] (Anat.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bo["o]tes. Note: Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major. Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev. Ver.: ``the Bear with her train'']. --Job xxxviii 32. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Arcturus n : the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth [syn: {Arcturus}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Arcturus bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _'ash_, which probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word ('ash) is supposed to be derived from an Arabic word meaning night-watcher, because the Great Bear always revolves about the pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never sets. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Arcturus, a gathering together
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