starcraft

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Etymology 1

From star +‎ -craft, the latter part from Old English -cræft (“-craft”).

Noun

starcraft (usually uncountable, plural starcrafts)

The art of interpreting or reading the stars; astrology.
- 1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, page 18:
  On the same morning, almost the same hour, / Under the selfsame aspect of the stars, / (Oh falsehood of all starcraft!) we were born. / How like each other was the birth of each!
- 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, →ISBN, page 16:
  They were the keepers of starcraft, runecraft, lorecraft and wortcraft and they guided many through the darkness of the future and healed bodies and minds.

Etymology 2

From star +‎ -craft.

Noun

starcraft (plural starcrafts or starcraft)

(space flight, space flight) A vehicle which travels to or among the stars.
Synonym: spacecraft