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Definition of Lucifer
1. Noun. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
Category relationships: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief, Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Generic synonyms: Spiritual Being, Supernatural Being
Derivative terms: Devilize, Satanic
2. Noun. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
3. Noun. Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction. "As long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
Specialized synonyms: Fusee, Fuzee, Kitchen Match, Book Matches, Safety Match, Slow Match
Generic synonyms: Igniter, Ignitor, Light, Lighter
Terms within: Matchstick
Definition of Lucifer
1. n. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
Definition of Lucifer
1. a friction match [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lucifer
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1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations !" (Is. Xiv. 12) "Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan." (Kitto)
2. Hence, Satan. "How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again." (Shak)
3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lucifer
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