death star

English

noun

Definitions

(slang) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution

Etymology

Compound from English death + English star (celestial body).

Origin

English

star

Gloss

celestial body

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Eurostar English
Gold Star English
Stargateverse English
Wolfstar English
antideath English
antistar English
astar English
barnstar English
bestar English
bistar English
blazingstar English
bluestar English
boson star English
brittle star English
costar English
cyberdeath English
daystar English
death English
death book English
death door English
death flight English
death-bearing English
death-sough English
death-stiffness English
deathbed English
deathblow English
deathbook English
deathbound English
deathbox English
deathcare English
deathcore English
deathday English
deathen English
deather English
deathfat English
deathfic English
deathful English
deathgrind English
deathless English
deathlike English
deathlock English
deathlore English
deathly English
deathmaking English
deathmatch English
deathmonger English
deathproof English
deathpunk English
deathrock English
deathscape English
deathsman English
deathsome English
deathstalker English
deathstyle English
deathtime English
deathtrap English
deathward English
deathwards English
deathwatch English
deathwatch beetle English
deathwise English
deathwish English
deathworthy English
deathy English
die English
dwarf star English
earthstar English
faxed star English
gigadeath English
gold star English
instadeath English
lodestar English
low mass star English
megadeath English
megastar English
multideath English
nanostar English
nondeath English
nonstar English
orphan star English
permadeath English
pool of death English
predeath English
prodeath English
protostar English
pseudostar English
purple death English
quasistar English
radio star English
rockstar English
sea star English
sea-star English
seastar English
semistar English
soapstar English
star English
star city English
star sign English
star-city English
star-crossed English
starbase English
starbath English
starbathe English
starbirth English
starboy English
starburst English
starcast English
starcraft English
starcruiser English
stardate English
stardock English
stardom English
stardrift English
stardrive English
stardust English
stareater English
starfaring English
starfield English
starfighter English
starfilled English
starfish English
starflower English
starfrontlet English
starfruit English
starfuck English
starfucker English
starfucking English
stargate English
stargaze English
stargazer English
starhood English
starless English
starlet English
starlight English
starlike English
starliner English
starlit English
starlore English
starly English
starmaker English
starmaking English
starman English
starmatter English
starmonger English
starnose English
starport English
starproof English
starred English
starrer English
starrish English
starry English
starscape English
starshade English
starshine English
starship English
starsnout English
starspot English
starstone English
starstuff English
starthistle English
starthroat English
startracker English
starviolet English
starward English
starwards English
starweed English
starwheel English
starwort English
substar English
superstar English
tristar English
undeath English
unstar English
wandering star English
wanderstar English
stara Finnish
star Italian
star French
*h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
スター Japanese
deeth Middle English
sterre Middle English
stjarna Old Norse
स्टार Hindi
staa Swahili
스타 Korean
sta Tok Pisin
stari Sranan Tongo