Definition of Schedar
astronomy
: an orange giant star of the second magnitude that is the brightest star in the constellation Cassiopeia
- Cassiopeia, legendary queen of Ethiopia, is immortalized in the heavens with five bright stars forming a flying “W” or “M.” The brightest of these stars is Schedar, a giant star more than 100 light-years away.
- —Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, 17 Sept. 2009
