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Webster 1913 Edition
Hesperian
Hes-pe′ri-an
,Adj.
[L.
hesperius
, fr. hesperus
the evening star, Gr. [GREEK] evening, [GREEK] [GREEK] the evening star. Cf. Vesper
.] Western; being in the west; occidental.
[Poetic]
Milton.
Hes-pe′ri-an
,Noun.
A native or an inhabitant of a western country.
[Poetic]
J. Barlow.
Hes-pe′ri-an
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called
– Hesperidae
, or skippers. Noun.
Any one of the numerous species of
Hesperidae
; a skipper.Webster 1828 Edition
Hesperian
HESPE'RIAN.
[L. hesperius, western, from hesperus, vesper, the evening star, Venus.]Western; situated at the west.
Definition 2024
Hesperian
Hesperian
English
Adjective
Hesperian (comparative more Hesperian, superlative most Hesperian)
- of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western
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- of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs
- of or relating to the Hesperidae family of butterflies
- of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian
Noun
Hesperian (plural Hesperians)
- an inhabitant of the western lands
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- a butterfly of the family Hesperidae; a skipper
- the Hesperian geological time period of Mars