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means An entertainer or athlete so famous and celebrated that they've risen above ordinary stardom into a class of their own.

from A straightforward compound of 'super' (above, beyond — from Latin super, meaning over or above) plus 'star,' the old showbiz term for a celebrated performer. 'Star' had been used for a brilliant performer since the 1800s theater world, the metaphor being obvious: something bright, distant, and admired from below. 'Superstar' intensified that into the 1900s, riding the century's appetite for ever-bigger celebrity — big enough that even calling someone a 'star' eventually felt like underselling it.