Other forms: superstars
A superstar is a performer who is famous all over the world. A global superstar, treated like a superstar, a superstar signing.
It marks a step above star, and the step is reach: a star is famous in a country and a superstar everywhere. Economists use the term for markets where a very few people take almost all the rewards, which describes music and sport exactly.
1nounsuperstarA performer who is famous all over the world.
“The football superstar was surrounded by fans asking for selfies.”
superstar is a performer.
Latin
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Middle English
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English, today
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From super- + star. super comes from super-, from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). a doublet of over and hyper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA