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noun
A decorative painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular wagon-wheel style, used to adorn a barn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A lucky charm resembling a star plate, similar to a horseshoe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An image posted on a wiki user's personal page by another user, as an informal award or form of recognition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From barn + star. In the wiki sense a reference to the communal practice of barnraising, introduced on the MeatballWiki in the early 2000s and adopted by Wikipedia in 2003.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
