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star-spangled

[ stahr-spang-guhld ]

adjective

  1. spangled with stars.
  2. Informal. made up of or attended by celebrities, distinguished or illustrious persons, etc.:

    a star-spangled reception.



star-spangled

adjective

  1. marked or decorated with stars
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of star-spangled1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

After watching the American victory at the Battle of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

Sam Wilson fits that bill, so he gets to wear the star-spangled suit.

This was years before Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.”

In Washington D.C., for example, we make people have sex to The Star-Spangled Banner.

In 1930 the educational experts at Teachers College of Columbia University condemned “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

A little later the band played "The Star-spangled Banner," and there sounded the signal gun for the lowering of the colors.

Then he looked at the vast void above, with its star-spangled sky, its sun and moon, and the God that made all and was in all.

We are all united under one flag, the most beautiful of all flags—the Star Spangled Banner!

Why should not the star-spangled banner wave over ten, as well as over three millions of Slaves?

When the "Star Spangled Banner" is played, all present should rise and stand at attention until the ending.

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