taurus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
    Sanchez; Ilich Sanchez; Glen Gebhard; Salim; Andres Martinez; Carlos the Jackal; Michael Assat; Ilich Ramirez Sanchez; Hector Hevodidbon; Carlos.
  2. noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
    Bull.
  3. noun a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini
  4. noun the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
    Taurus the Bull; Bull.

WordNet

Tau"rus noun
Etymology
L., akin to Gr. , and E. steer. See Steer a young ox.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) (a) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [&taurus;] in almanacs. (b) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.
  2. (Zoöl.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.

Webster 1913