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Noun
morning star (plural morning stars)
- The planet Venus as seen in the eastern sky at dawn.
#* The evening star is the morning star. (Hesperus is Phosphorus.)
- (Weapon) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, attached to a staff and NOT suspended from one by a chain. The Morning star is a rigid weapon, sometimes called a holy water sprinkler. It is frequently confused with the flail. The flail is any weapon with a joint allowing an end to swing freely, such as a ball and chain.
#:Quotations
#:*1786: Contrivances like these, except that the balls were armed with spikes, were long carried by the pioneers of the trained bands, or city militia, they are generally called morning stars. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 55.
Synonyms
Phosphorus
Antonyms
evening star
Hesperus
Translations
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Czech: jit�enka f
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Czech: kropá� m
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Finnish: aamutähti, piikkinuija
German: Morgenstern m
Japanese: ����� (ake no myôjô)
Korean: �� (saesbyeol)
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Romanian: luceaf�rul de dimineaţ�
Russian: мо�ген��е�н (morg'enštern) m (2)
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See also
star
truncheon
mace
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