"gold star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gold stars [plural]
Etymology: From Gold + star from the star shape of the award and its colour, representing the highest of three levels: gold, silver, bronze. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gold|star|alt1=Gold}} Gold + star Head templates: {{en-noun}} gold star (plural gold stars)
  1. An award for outstanding achievement.
    Sense id: en-gold_star-en-noun-I0oFKurR
  2. (in compounds, US military) A relative of a U.S. soldier when the latter has been killed in action. Tags: US, in-compounds Categories (topical): Military, Death, War
    Sense id: en-gold_star-en-noun-SLTBybT3 Disambiguation of Death: 11 89 Disambiguation of War: 8 92 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gold star family, gold star father, gold star gay, gold star lesbian, gold star mother, gold star parent, gold star wife Related terms: silver star, bronze star Coordinate_terms: gold, gold medal, gold medallion, Gold Star

Inflected forms

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