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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. indicating the most important performer or role;
- Example: "the leading man"
- Example: "prima ballerina"
- Example: "prima donna"
- Example: "a star figure skater"
- Example: "the starring role"
- Example: "a stellar role"
- Example: "a stellar performance"
[syn: leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)]

2. being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars;
- Example: "an astral body"
- Example: "stellar light"
[syn: stellar, astral]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stellar \Stel"lar\, Stellary \Stel"la*ry\, a. [L. stellaris, fr.
   stella a star. See Star.]
   1. Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure;
      stellary orbs.
      [1913 Webster]

            [These soft fires] in part shed down
            Their stellar virtue.                 --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
      [1913 Webster] Stellate


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stellar
    adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the
           leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star
           figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a
           stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p),
           star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)]
    2: being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars;
       "an astral body"; "stellar light" [syn: stellar, astral]