Meaning of Vesper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
2. The planet Venus as the evening star.
3. A surname from German.
4. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
5. The evening.
   poetic
6. A vesper martini.
7. A vesper bat.

Equivalents

Examples

“In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine.”

“Almost all vespers are insect catchers.”

“Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus”

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