starcraft
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From star + -craft, the latter part from Old English -cræft (“-craft”).
Noun
[edit]starcraft (usually uncountable, plural starcrafts)
- The art of interpreting or reading the stars, astrology.
- 1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, page 18:
- On the same morning, almost the same hour, / Under the selfsame aspect of the stars, / (Oh falsehood of all starcraft!) we were born. / How like each other was the birth of each!
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]starcraft (plural starcrafts or starcraft)
- A vehicle which travels to or among the stars.
- Synonym: spacecraft
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