morning star

Meaning

Name

1. The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
2. (uncommon) The planet Mercury as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.

Noun

1. (countable) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.
2. (Hong-Kong, Philippines, uncommon, uncountable) Sleep or rheum, particularly that which is discharged at the eyes during sleep.

Synonyms

Venus

evening star

star

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Lucifer

venus

daystar

Phosphorus

planet Venus

Aphrodite

dry-star

phosphorus

rarity

day star

Morning Star

the morning star

Phospherus

Translations

Morgenstern

lucero del alba

morgenster

étoile du matin

stella del mattino

Venere

Venus

Venus

Stella del Mattino

Vénus

mazza ferrata

étoile

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Εωσφόρος

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: moarnstjer

Cognate with Dutch: morgenster

Cognate with German: Morgenstern

Cognate with Swedish: morgonstjärna

Cognate with Icelandic: morgunstjarna

In summary

From morning + star. Compare West Frisian moarnstjer, Dutch morgenster, German Morgenstern, Swedish morgonstjärna, Icelandic morgunstjarna. Application to Satan derives, like the corresponding sense of Lucifer (which see), from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (NIV: "How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!").