Per"se*cu`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. persÈcuteur.] One who persecutes, or
harasses. Shak.
Per"se*cu`trix (?), n. [L.] A woman who persecutes.
Per"se*id (?), n. (Astron.) One of a group of shooting stars which
appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths
apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived
to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.
Per"se*us (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A Grecian
legendary hero, son of Jupiter and DanaÎ, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and
Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a
nebula.