Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Galaxy \Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. {Galaxies}. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias,
   fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? circle), fr. ?, ?, milk; akin to L. lac. Cf.
   {Lacteal}.]
   1. (Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt,
      which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and
      which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and
      blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope.
      The term has recently been used for remote clusters of
      stars. --Nichol.

   2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.