(Britain) A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians

The highest military award in the honours system of the United Kingdom, and some members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

A cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points / A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae

A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis. / (mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.

A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.

(transitive) To provide something with a cross-reference. / To compare two or more sources of information.

Alternative spelling of star-crossed

(idiomatic) Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.

plural of cross purpose. / (plural-noun) Conflicting, or contrary meanings or ideas, usually arising unintentionally.

(UK politics, of a member of a parliament) To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.