daystar
Americannoun
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a morning star.
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the sun.
noun
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a poetic word for the sun
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another word for the morning star
Etymology
Origin of daystar
before 1000; Middle English daysterre, Old English dægsteorra. See day, star
Example Sentences
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"A brighter day is dawning," cried the famed Horace Mann, "and education is its daystar."
From Time Magazine Archive
Loudon has had it in his head for some time;—ever since that colic of forty-eight hours, I should guess; upon the wrecks of which it might well rise as a new daystar.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
Such is the daystar of the word of truth and faithfulness, that hath dawned above the horizon of the pen of the Lord of all names.
From The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
He beamed, the daystar of the rising age.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Instead of that the hope that Genevra might in some way be restored to me unspotted, had unconsciously been the daystar of my existence, and I shrank from a final separation.
From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Holmes, Mary Jane
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