"lucky star" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-lucky star.ogg [Australia] Forms: lucky stars [plural]
Etymology: From the ancient idea that stars affect human lives. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lucky star (plural lucky stars)
  1. (idiomatic) Something that appears to give a person luck Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: count one's lucky stars, under a lucky star, thank one's lucky stars Translations (something that appears to give a person luck): onnentähti (Finnish), bonne étoile [feminine] (French), coś, co przynosić szczęście (Polish), buena estrella [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lucky_star-en-noun-QL0YFSYN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1889, Fanny Chambers Gooch, Face to Face With the Mexicans",
          "text": "If exiled, he went without remonstrance, confident that his lucky star would again lead him to the front, and with fertile brain every ready to plan a revolution or arrange a coup d'état.",
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          "sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
          "word": "onnentähti"
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          "sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
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      "sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
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      "word": "bonne étoile"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
      "word": "coś, co przynosić szczęście"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that appears to give a person luck",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "buena estrella"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lucky star"
}

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