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Betelguese

Bet′el-guese

(bĕt′ĕl-jēz)

,

Noun.

[F.

Bételgeuse

, of Arabic origin.]

(Astron.)

A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion.

[Written also

Betelgeux

and

Betelgeuse

.]