a. Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἀστραῖ-ος starry (cf. L. Astræus, Astræa) + -AN.] Of or belonging to the stars.
1647. Howell, Lett., III. ix. (1726), 425. Every Star in Heaven … is coloniz’d and replenish’d with Astrean Inhabitants.
a. Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἀστραῖ-ος starry (cf. L. Astræus, Astræa) + -AN.] Of or belonging to the stars.
1647. Howell, Lett., III. ix. (1726), 425. Every Star in Heaven … is coloniz’d and replenish’d with Astrean Inhabitants.
