orion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  2. noun a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel
    Hunter.

WordNet

O*ri"on noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.
    The flaming glories of Orion's belt. E. Everett.

Webster 1913