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blue straggler
noun
Astronomy.
- one of a small group of blue stars within a cluster that falls near the main sequence even though other stars of its color have evolved off the main sequence.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blue straggler1
First recorded in 1965–70
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It would be bluer than it should be and would be of a type known to astronomers as a “blue stragglerâ€.
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