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morning star

noun

  1. a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
  2. Also called holy water sprinkler, a medieval shafted weapon having a head in the form of a spiked ball.


morning star

noun

  1. a planet, usually Venus, seen just before sunrise during the time that the planet is west of the sun Also calleddaystar Compare evening 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 morning star1

First recorded in 1525–35
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Example Sentences

Once activated, these cells—with a hefty body and shrunken branches all across the body like a morning star—link up into a barrier.

Venus, the planet, supposed to appear as a morning-star, as it sometimes does.

His round shield is made of burnished silver, and the head of his morning-star consists of a single cornelian.

In the gray sky over the gray land the morning-star, alone and splendid, kept watch in the east.

Morning-Star uttered these words with such a sprightly air, and so loud, that the caliph awaked.

When she had eaten these she turned to a beautiful golden-haired animal like to the morning-star.

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