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
Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.
From Fox News ● Feb. 4, 2020
“We were concerned that some of the writers would not be comfortable to be associated with Hesperus once we published this book, but we’re politically neutral,” a rep from the publisher told the newspaper.
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
Gladstone’s first ships, the Whitby, carrying 249 passengers, and the Hesperus, car-rying 244, sailed for Demerara in 1838.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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