Luminary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light.
  • n. A person who is an inspiration to others.
  • n. A person who has achieved eminence in a specific field. See Synonyms at celebrity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One that is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in his chosen field; a leading light.
  • n. An artificial light; an illumination.
  • n. A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
  • n. One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A light-giver; a body that illuminates or gives out light: applied especially to the sun and moon.
  • n. Hence One who is a source of intellectual light; a person who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind: as, the great luminaries of an age; a luminary of literature or science.
  • n. An illumination.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
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