star-spangledadj.
/ˌstɑːˈspaŋɡld/, U.S. /ˈstɑrˌspæŋɡəld/ 1. Sprinkled or glittering with stars; adorned or decorated with images of stars.
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the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > full of
starredc1225
starry?c1400
starneda1425
stelliferant1490
stelliferal1496
starnyc1500
stellatec1500
stelliferous1583
star-spangled1600
lampful1605
starful1606
stellified1611
stelled1628
star-studded?a1656
astriferous1656
stellated1755
constellated1767
constellate1855
instarred1888
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with stars
starred1397
starrified1598
star-spangled1600
stellified1611
stelled1628
bestarred1655
star-studded1854
star-headed1855
1600 T. Dekker in R. Allott Englands Parnassus 373 Fat thighes of Bulls.., whose sauour wrapt in smoake and clowdes of fire To thy starre-spangled Pallace did aspire.
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. ix. sig. E8 He who rules the worlds starre-spangled towers [L. sideream..arcem].
1688 S. Ford New Version Psalms xix. 38 The Star spangled firmament His wondrous workmanship displays.
1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Agamemnon in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 234 Heaven's star-spangled plain.
1806 Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) 4 Feb. 40/2 Pale beam'd the Crescent, its splendor obscur'd By the light of the star-spangled flag of our nation.
1854 J. A. Allen Day-dreams Butterfly viii. 101 This firmament star-spangled bright, Seems there but a speck.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign vi. 170 And then you take a last look at the glorious star-spangled ceiling overhead.
1910 Penny Illustr. Paper 29 Jan. 154/1 Star-spangled gauze is sufficiently trimmed in itself.
1977 J. Monaghan Schoolboy, Cowboy, Mexican Spy xi. 124 We men slept on the ground beneath the star-spangled sky.
2004 Teen Vogue Aug. 86 From Charlotte Corday's star-spangled hoodie to Tsubi's punky jeans.
2. figurative. Representative or characteristic of the United States; idealistically or quintessentially American, all-American. Used with allusion to star-spangled banner n. at Compounds.
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1906 Cent. Mag. Feb. 656/1 The school-marm follows the flag, and she Is the emblem of star-spangled tyranny.
1916 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 25 Jan. (advt.) 13/5 The rich, relishy, star-spangled taste of ‘Bull’ puts the national spirit of get-up-and-hustle into your hand-rolled cigarette.
1951 A. H. Quinn Lit. Amer. People xxx. 599 Whitman purposely celebrated his own country and its common folk with much of the star-spangled bravado of the newspapers and the old-fashioned Fourth-of-July orators.
1973 Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 27 Nov. 13/3 A brilliant writer who falls hopelessly, puppily in love with the all-American, star-spangled girl.
2014 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 20 Nov. 20 The three-course Stateside-themed menu includes star-spangled delights such as five-cheese macaroni, New York cheesecake and, of course, apple pie.
3. figurative.
a. Of a career, sporting record, etc.: highly successful or impressive; distinguished, glittering.
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1934 N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Dec. 14/6 Harlem, scene of many milestones in the star-spangled career of the..golden-voiced operatic singer.
1959 New Castle (Pa.) News 19 Nov. 4/1 Back of them is a star spangled record of play. Since the third game of the 1957 season the team has not been defeated.
1966 Irish Times 4 Oct. 2/5 A first and last race double with the American-bred Whirled..enabled champion jockey Lester Piggott to achieve yet another milestone in his star-spangled career.
2002 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 Oct. 40 Symons, a highly regarded trainer without a star-spangled CV, had moved to Macedon Lodge in 2001 after being offered the job.
b. Of a party, gathering, etc.: featuring or attended by many famous people; star-studded.
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1936 Washington Post 23 Oct. 17/5 I don't go in much for these star-spangled ‘parties’ which turn the town's theatrical and movie sectors into screaming shambles.
1957 N. Coward Diary 4 Aug. (2000) 362 It was a really wonderfully good party and very choicely star-spangled.
1981 Financial Times 18 Aug. 11/4 No expense has been spared on elaborate sets, lavish costumes, full pit orchestra and star-spangled cast.
2005 Cheshire Life Aug. 104/3 The acclaimed Bolton comedian Peter Kay hosted and compèred a star-spangled dinner and charity auction.
Compounds
star-spangled banner n. (with the) (a) the national flag of the United States of America; also figurative; cf. Stars and Stripes n. at star n.1 Phrases 1b(a); (b) (with capital initials) (the name of) the United States national anthem. [After the use in the popular patriotic song The Star-spangled Banner (originally entitled The Defence of Fort M'Henry): see quot. 1814. The song was written by Francis Scott Key (1779–1849) in 1814, and adopted as the United States national anthem in 1931. Compare earlier use of a similar expression in quot. 1806 at sense 1.]
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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > U.S. flag
Old Thirteen1792
Stars and Stripes1809
gridiron1812
star-spangled banner1814
Old Glory1862
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > national or patriotic song
Rule Britanniac1745
anthem1753
Yankee Doodle1768
Marseillaise hymn1794
national anthem1804
star-spangled banner1814
queen1898
Volkslied1898
Hatikvah1905
king1932
Horst Wessel song1937
1814 F. S. Key Def. Fort M'Henry 1 O! say does that star-spangled Banner yet wave, O'er the Land of the free, and the home of the brave?
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxi. 261 I thank you, sir, in the name of the star-spangled banner of the Great United States.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xlix. 515 A robe..that was a very star-spangled banner of curved and sinuous bars of black and white.
1936 Nation 10 Oct. 419/2 As the band played the Star Spangled Banner at the end,..the President stood erect.
1994 Boston Globe 16 Oct. (News section) 54/6 Wayne Messmer, known for belting out the national anthem at Chicago Stadium, let loose on ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’.
2004 Morning Star (Nexis) 20 Aug. 9 This is Tinseltown, the home of the American dream, the place where the star-spangled banner flies over every mansion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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