Definitions

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  • proper noun astronomy A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.

Etymologies

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From Latin bellātrīx "warrior woman"

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Examples

  • Helena as Bellatrix is a good choice she'll have no problem pulling off this role.

    Filmstalker: Bonham Carter confirms Order of the Pheonix 2006

  • And each one of these names is all trading at 11.5 times EV/DACF, except for Bellatrix, that is only trading at 5.0 times EV/DACF.

    unknown title 2012

  • And each one of these names is all trading at 11.5 times EV/DACF, except for Bellatrix, that is only trading at 5.0 times EV/DACF.

    unknown title 2012

  • Noro Kureyon sock yarn in a colourway that just screams "Bellatrix" to me.

    On a Roll Cazzab 2008

  • Noro Kureyon sock yarn in a colourway that just screams "Bellatrix" to me.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Cazzab 2008

  • Although I was confused at first, the scenes added to the movie such as Bellatrix lighting the Burrow on fire do not bother me at all.

    Harry Potter's Gone to Pot! 2009

  • Although I was confused at first, the scenes added to the movie such as Bellatrix lighting the Burrow on fire do not bother me at all.

    Harry Potter's Gone to Pot! 2009

  • "Bellatrix," he replied, his thin mouth curling into a slightly mocking smile as he closed the door with a snap behind them.

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rowling, J. K. 2005

  • In the course of conducting a security analysis for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Ash receives a mysterious encrypted transmission that proves to be an extensive dossier on a project code-named "Bellatrix," detailing the construction and operation of a quantum computer that can calculate huge numbers in real time.

    Slip a Geek Book Under the Tree 2004

  • Spacedrive allowed, it took nine years for a ship to reach even the nearest of stars, stop, and return; a distant star such as Bellatrix required a journey lasting two hundred fifteen years each way.

    Starman's Quest Robert Silverberg

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