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☆ gold star

a small, gold-colored star displayed to represent a member of the U.S. armed forces killed in war

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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