semistar

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ star.

Noun

semistar (plural semistars)

1. A relatively minor celebrity who has not attained full stardom.
   • 2015, Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder, page 34:

     These road warrior plays were fronted by former semistars like Forrest Tucker or Hugh O'Brian, who had had their bread-and-butter TV shows cancelled. The job could pay $3,000 to $5,000 a week […]

Anagrams

• smarties, semitars, Reitsmas, St. Maries, maisters, Maestris, Ritsemas, asterism, misrates, maistres