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View synonyms for evening star

evening star

noun

  1. a bright planet seen in the western sky at or soon after sunset, especially Venus.
  2. any planet that rises before midnight.


evening star

noun

  1. a planet, usually Venus, seen just after sunset during the time that the planet is east of the sun Compare morning star
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of evening star1

First recorded in 1525–35
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Example Sentences

The two knights clashed together on the bridge and Gareth brought the Evening-star groveling in a minute to his feet on his knees.

Before the rising of the sun, it is called the morning-star, and after the setting, the evening-star.

She has a sphere of her own, which has no more to do with our world than if she lived in the evening-star.

She remained Istar, without any feminine suffix, and it was never forgotten that she was the evening-star.

But the evening-star still shines in the heavens, and will ever shine there!

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