Meanings
- archaichistoricalastronomyGeorgium Sidus, the planet Uranus.First known use 18th c.
Leave the red eye of Mars on rapid wing, / Jove's silver guards, and Saturn's dusky ring; / Leave the fair beams, which issuing from afar / Play with new lustres round the Georgian star […].
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 541 more example
These Conjunctions are well worth the Attention of the Curious, and all those who may wish to have a View of the Georgian Star, by the Help of their Telescopes, as they afford a good Opportunity of finding it.
1794, Moore, Almanack, page 40
Origin
Translation of Georgium Sidus, Herschel's proposed name for the planet.
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