planet UK /ˈplænɪt/US /ˈplænət/ noun4 •a huge round world in space, like the one we live on, that moves around a star •construed with the or this: The Earth. •(historical) Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets — 1640 •(historical) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.Be they not dreames of humane vanity,[…]to make of our knowne earth a bright shining planet [translating astre]? — 1603 formsplanets