Galaxy

galaxy English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Galaxy.wav US Proper noun the Galaxy en Q321 en astronomy dated now proscribed en Milky Way Galaxy<id:Q321><gloss:our galaxy>. en 1380 Geoffrey Chaucer The House of Fame See yonder, lo, the Galaxyë / Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, / For hit is whyt. en 1633 John Donne Sapho to Philænis So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie Usage notes Used before the nature of other visible galaxies was understood and that the Milky Way was the same type of object. Rarely used now that the Milky Way is known not to be the only galaxy.