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Hesper

Hesper proper noun: hesperus, the evening star.

Proper noun

Hesper

  1. Hesperus, the evening star
    • Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus […]1960, John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor

Questions about Hesper

What does Hesper mean?
Hesper means hesperus, the evening star.
What part of speech is Hesper?
Hesper is a proper noun.

Words near Hesper in the dictionary

  1. Heslops
  2. hesn't
  3. hesp
  4. hesped
  5. hespedim
  6. Hesper
  7. Hespera
  8. hesperadin
  9. hesperetin
  10. Hesperia
  11. hesperian

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