Definition of Hesperus

1. Noun. A planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky.

Exact synonyms: Evening Star, Vesper
Generic synonyms: Major Planet, Planet

Definition of Hesperus

1. n. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.

Definition of Hesperus

1. Proper noun. The planet Venus when observed as an evening star. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hesperus

Herzegovina
Herzegovinan
Herzegovinian
Herzegowina
Heschl's gyri
Heshvan
Hesiod
Hesper
Hesperian
Hesperian epoch
Hesperians
Hesperiphona
Hesperiphona vespertina
Hesperis
Hesperis matronalis
Hesperus
Hess
Hess' law
Hess' test
Hess screen
Hesse
Hesselbach's fascia
Hesselbach's hernia
Hesselbach's ligament
Hesselbach's triangle
Hessian
Hessian boot
Hessian fly
Hessians

Literary usage of Hesperus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"There is a reef called Norman's Woe where many of these took place; among others the schooner hesperus. Also the Sea-Flower on Black Rock. ..."

2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"THE WRECK OF THE hesperus 1 IT was the schooner hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"THE WRECK OF THE hesperus J IT was the schooner hesperus, That sailed the ... Woe where many of these took place; among •liters the schooner hesperus, ..."

4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"On the Mancos, at the west base of hesperus Peak, there is a heavy mass exposed, on the upper surfaces of which the shales lie—somewhat bent and distorted, ..."

5. A Book of Famous Verse by Agnes Repplier (1892)
"THE WRECK OF THE hesperus Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken hawthorn hedge, And by the long ..."

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