semistar

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noun

A relatively minor celebrity who has not attained full stardom.

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Meanings

nounsemistar (plural semistars)

plural semistars

  1. A relatively minor celebrity who has not attained full stardom.

    These road warrior plays were fronted by former semistars like Forrest Tucker or Hugh O'Brian, who had had their bread-and-butter TV shows cancelled. The job could pay $3,000 to $5,000 a week […]

    2015, Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder, page 34

Origin

From semi- + star.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

asterism
Cite this entry
APA

semistar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semistar

MLA

“semistar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semistar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semistar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semistar.

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