Hesperus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Hesperus
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from the Greek adjective and noun hésperos “in or of the evening, the evening, evening star, western, the west”; akin to west, Latin vesper “evening” ( see vesper)
Example Sentences
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The housing association installed the locks, designed to improve security in the block on Hesperus Crossway following a Police Scotland recommendation, in November last year.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
A Halloween screening of the 1922 silent film classic “Nosferatu” features a live musical accompaniment by Hesperus.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.
From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2020
Source: Corbis "You look like the Wreck of the Hesperus," my mother used to exclaim irritably, when I came in from play looking particularly dishevelled.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2010
“I’d say the Hesperus has been well and truly wreck’d at last!”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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