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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.