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单词 algebar
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Algebarn.

Brit. /ˈaldʒᵻbɑː/, U.S. /ˈældʒəˌbɑr/
Forms: 1500s– Algebar, 1800s Elgebar.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Latin Algebar; Arabic al-jabbār.
Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin Algebar, denoting the star Rigel (1503 or earlier; apparently arising from a misapprehension of one of the Arabic names of this star, rijl al-jabbār ‘foot of the giant’; compare Rigel n.), and its etymon (ii) Arabic al-jabbār, denoting the constellation Orion < al the + jabbār giant, colossus, powerful person < the same Semitic base as Hebrew gāḇar to be strong, to be mighty.
Astronomy. poetic.
1. The star Rigel in the constellation Orion. Now rare.
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1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. iv. 268 Then is there in his left foote, a greate starre of the brightest sort, which is named of Arabitians Algebar, and Rigel Algeuze.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xix. f. 221 Orion, which starre in his left foote is called Algebar, Rigel, Alguze.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Algebar, the left foot of Orion.
1814 P. Barlow New Math. & Philos. Dict. Elgebar, the name of the bright star in the foot of Orion, more commonly called Rigel.
1899 R. H. Allen Star-names & their Meanings 312 Algebar and Elgebar are seen in poetry for this star, but it universally is known as Rigel.
1908 E. W. Maunder Astron. of Bible ii. vii. 234 The brightest star of this constellation, the one in the left knee, now generally known as Rigel, is still occasionally called Algebar, a corruption of Al Jabbār.
1987 T. Gallagher in Poetry Sept. 343 Algebar, Who must step as the giant bids, even Into the sea.
2. The constellation Orion. Obsolete. rare.
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1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 13 And, among other names, in Arabique he [sc. Orion] is called Algebar i., mightie or strong, the word coming from the Ebrew root vsed by Moses in describing Nimrod.]
1846 H. W. Longfellow Occultation of Orion in Belfry of Bruges 58 Begirt with many a blazing star, Stood the great giant Algebar, Orion, hunter of the beast!
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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