Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
attendant.]
1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
person; hence, an obsequious dependent. ``The satellites
of power.'' --I. Disraeli.
2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
Solar system, under Solar.
Satellite moth (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth
(Scopelosoma satellitia).
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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