pleiad

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pleiad \Ple"iad\, n.
   One of the Pleiades.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleiad":
      big name, celebrity, constellation, cynosure, figure, folk hero,
      galaxy, great man, hero, heroine, idol, immortal, important person,
      lion, luminaries, luminary, man of mark, master spirit, name,
      notability, notable, person of note, personage, pop hero,
      popular hero, popular idol, public figure, social lion, somebody,
      star, superstar, worthy