"Plough" meaning in English

See Plough in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Plough [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Plough}} the Plough
  1. (astronomy, British, common name) The brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major. They are Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda. Tags: British, common, name Categories (topical): Constellations Synonyms: Big Dipper [US, especially], Charles' Wain (english: old, UK), Drinking Gourd (english: old, US), Northern Ladle (english: Asia), Northern Waggoner (english: old), Wain (english: old, UK), triones, septentriones [archaic] [astronomy, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-Plough-en-name-87V4r-au Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Ploughs [plural]
Etymology: From plough, a metonymic occupational surname for a plowwright or plowman. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Plough (plural Ploughs)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Plough-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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