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saturn

/ˈsæt.ɚn/

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What does saturn mean?

noun

  1. The Southeast Asian butterfly Zeuxidia amethystus, family Nymphalidae.
  2. A car of the former Saturn brand by GM.

proper noun

  1. The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.
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proper noun

  1. The god of fertility and agriculture, equivalent to the Greek Cronos.
  2. A former brand of car by GM (1985–2010).

noun

  1. (rare) Sable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets.
  2. (obsolete) Lead (the metal).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsæt.ɚn/

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In the external we remember Saturn as an old man, and as a skeleton with a scythe--as Time, in fact.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650
He was permitted to observe some of the most striking and remarkable of the heavenly bodies-- Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
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The symbol or monogram of Venus was a circle and a cross, that of Saturn was a cross and a ram's horn.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
Many, and perhaps all, of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn seem to turn the same hemispheres always toward their respective planets.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
Seat thyself sultanically among the moons of Saturn, and take high abstracted man alone; and he seems a wonder, a grandeur, and a woe.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701