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Definition of Hesperian
1. Adjective. Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere. "Hesperian culture"
Definition of Hesperian
1. a. Western; being in the west; occidental.
2. n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country.
3. a. Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidæ, or skippers.
Definition of Hesperian
1. Adjective. of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western ¹
2. Adjective. of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs ¹
3. Adjective. of or relating to the ''Hesperidae'' family of butterflies ¹
4. Adjective. of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian ¹
5. Noun. an inhabitant of the western lands ¹
6. Noun. a butterfly of the family ''Hesperidae''; a Skipper ¹
7. Noun. the Hesperian geological time period of Mars ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hesperian
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hesperian
Literary usage of Hesperian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association (1912)
"Photographic reproduction of a label from a bottle of Hesperian Tonic. ...
It is called Hesperian Tonic and is claimed to have been originated by "the ..."
2. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
""Western Land." The Romans, for a limitar reason, transferred the name to Spain.
Hesper'ides (4 s;/!.). The Hesperian Field. ..."
3. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association, Arthur Joseph Cramp (1912)
"It is called Hesperian Tonic and is claimed to have been originated by "the
eminent' Physician, Scientist and Photographic repro- Chemist, JW Roberts, AM, ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Case of the Hesperian While the case of the sinking of the Arabic was being
negotiated in interchanges between the Governments at Washington and Berlin, ..."
5. Information Annual (1916)
"Direct evidence that the Allan Line steamer Hesperian was sunk by a German submarine
... It was the statement of Captain Main of the Hesperian, who not only ..."
6. Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's by Thomas Heywood, Lucian, Desiderius Erasmus, Ovid, Joannes Ravisius Textor, Jacob Cats (1903)
"... In thine Hesperian orchard) long t' indure And prosper in the world : now
growes mature. And the faire blossoms ready even to spread Their leaves abroad ..."
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