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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Arcturus
    n 1: the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the
         constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the
         name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.
         [1913 Webster]

               Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev.
               Ver.: "the Bear with her train"].  --Job xxxviii.
                                                  32.
         [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.

4. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Arcturus, a gathering together

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