A chief or eminent one.
1857. We want a real old fashioned star preacher, one that will knock down and drag out all that stands in his way.—San Francisco Call, Jan. 30.
1910. Mr. Osborne then put his star witness on the stand.—N.Y. Evening Post, Feb. 10.
1910. The star witness of the trial was one Howard B. Simpson of Spokane, who is a capitalist there, and who knows every one of the gang.—Id., March 21.
1910. Hogan, of Yale, is dead. Star athlete and deputy of street cleaning.—Id., March 24.
