Arcturus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arcturus \Arc*tu"rus\, n. [L. Arcturus, Gr. ? bearward, equiv.
     to ?; ? bear + ? ward, guard. See {Arctic}.] (Anat.)
     A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation
     Bo["o]tes.
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     Note: Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the
           name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.
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                 Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev.
                 Ver.: "the Bear with her train"].  --Job xxxviii.
                                                    32.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Arcturus
       n : the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the
           constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Arcturus
     bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest
     star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job
     9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _'ash_, which
     probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word
     ('ash) is supposed to be derived from an Arabic word meaning
     night-watcher, because the Great Bear always revolves about the
     pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never sets.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Arcturus, a gathering together