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)
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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
Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.
From Fox News ● Feb. 4, 2020
Hesperus is no doubt courting controversy by picking the reviled human-rights violator’s work as the first title for its imprint focusing on “Eastern” literature, the Guardian notes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2016
As for me, I loved the swashbuckling sound of "Wreck of the Hesperus", but years passed before I met the poem.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2010
However, she had already made a false start with Dante’s Inferno and had to abandon reading it partway through, and she did not want to repeat this misstep with the Hesperus.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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