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superstar n.also super-star, by 1919 in the entertainment sense in reference to vaudevillian Gertrude Hoffmann (1883-1966), "the world's greatest show-woman;" by 1920 in sports (Babe Ruth), from super- + star (n.). It also was used around the same time by astronomers for exceptionally large stars. updated on December 30, 2019 |