MORNING STAR
Dictionary entry overview: What does morning star mean? • MORNING STAR (noun)
The noun MORNING STAR has 1 sense:
1. a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
Familiarity information: MORNING STAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MORNING STAR (noun)
Meaning:
A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
daystar; morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus
Hypernyms ("morning star" is a kind of...):
major planet; planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)
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