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hesperus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hesperus has 1 sense
- hesperus(n = noun.object) evening star, vesper - a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky; Array is a kind of major planet, planet
CIDE DICTIONARY
hesperus, n. [L. See Hesper.].
- Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper. [1913 Webster]
- Evening. [1913 Webster]"The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star
Of Hesperus." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hesperus, n. the evening star, Venus.
Etymology
ME f. L f. Gk hesperos (adj. & n.) western, evening (star)
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