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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Aldebaran
    n 1: the brightest star in Taurus

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aldebaran \Al*deb"a*ran\ ([a^]l*d[e^]b"[.a]*r[a^]n), prop. n.
   [Ar. al-debar[=a]n, fr. dabar to follow; so called because
   this star follows upon the Pleiades.] (Astron.)
   A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of
   Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group
   called the Hyades.
   [1913 Webster]

         Now when Aldebaran was mounted high
         Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair.      --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]

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