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Word: Septentrion
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English; earliest use found in John Gower (d. 1408), poet. From (i) Anglo-Norman septemtriun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French septentrion the north, the constellation of the Great Bear, the constellation of the Little Bear
The north; a northerly direction; the northern regions of the world; the northern part of the heavens.
In singular. The prominent group of seven stars known as the Plough (also Charles’s Wain; the Big Dipper) in the northern constellation Ursa Major. Occasionally: the constellation Ursa Minor.
In plural. The seven stars forming this group; (occasionally) the stars of Ursa Minor.
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