morning star
see also: Morning Star
Noun
Morning Star
Proper noun
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see also: Morning Star
Noun
morning star (plural morning stars)
- The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn#Noun|dawn.
- Synonyms: Phosphorus
- Antonyms: evening star, Hesperus
- The evening star is the morning star. (Hesperus is Phosphorus.)
- 1979, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, “The Rainbow Connection”, The Muppet Movie, Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment
- Who said that every wish would be heard and answered / When wished on the morning star? / Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it / And look what it's done so far.
- (biblical) Lucifer, Satan, the devil.
- Bible (New International Version), Isaiah 14:12:
- How you have fallen from heaven,
- morning star, son of the dawn!
- You have been cast down to the earth,
- you who once laid low the nations!
- How you have fallen from heaven,
- Bible (New International Version), Isaiah 14:12:
- (less commonly) The planet Mercury as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
- Synonyms: Apollo
- Antonyms: evening star, Hermes
- (military) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball#Noun|ball set with spike#Noun|spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.
- Synonyms: holy water sprinkler, morgenstern
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 55:
- Contrivances like these, except that the balls were armed with spikes, were long carried by the pioneers of the trained bands, or city militia, they are generally called morning stars.
- French: étoile du matin
- German: Morgenstern
- Italian: stella del mattino, lucifero
- Portuguese: estrela d'alva
- Russian: у́тренняя звезда́
- Spanish: lucero del alba, estrella del alba, lucífero
- German: Morgenstern
- Italian: mazza ferrata, stella del mattino
- Portuguese: maça de espinhos
- Russian: моргенште́рн
- Spanish: lucero del alba
Morning Star
Proper noun
- The planet Venus as seen in the eastern sky around dawn.
- The evening star is the morning star.
- 1979, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, “The Rainbow Connection”, The Muppet Movie, Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment
- Who said that every wish would be heard and answered / When wished on the morning star? / Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it / And look what it's done so far.
- (biblical) Jesus Christ.
- Bible (New International Version), Revelation 22:16:
- “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you a this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
- Bible (New International Version), Revelation 22:16:
- (planet Venus as seen around dawn) Phosphor, Phosphorus
- (spiked weapon on staff) truncheon, mace, holy water sprinkler
- French: étoile du matin
- German: Morgenstern
- Italian: stella del mattino
- Portuguese: Estrela d'Alva
- Russian: у́тренняя звезда́
- Spanish: lucero del alba, estrella del alba
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