the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
Bellatrix in American English
(bəˈleitrɪks)
noun
Astronomy
a blue-white giant star in the constellation Orion, with apparent magnitude +1.63
Word origin
[‹ ML, L bellātrīx martial, waging war, equiv. to bellā(re) to wage war, (v. deriv. of bellum war) + -trīx-trix; appar. by assoc. with bellātor a name for Orion (L: warrior), though precise connection with this star unexplained]
Examples of 'Bellatrix' in a sentence
Bellatrix
Most of the others I'd never heard of: Bellatrix, Carina, Delphinus, Sculptor, Phoenix, Aquila and Lynx.