morning star
A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in…A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.
» Her eyes grew deep and bright as morning stars.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.
Morgenstern
моргенште́рнmorgenštɛ́rn
моргенште́рнmorhenštérn
(Hong Kong, Philippines, uncommon, uncountable)Sleep or rheum, particularly that which is discharged at the eyes during sleep.
- a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
Examples
3 sentencesHer eyes grew deep and bright as morning stars.
It is the morning star.
ruЭто утренняя звезда. — marafon
Venus is also known as the Morning Star.
deDie Venus wird auch als Morgenstern bezeichnet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From morning + star. Compare Middle English morwensterre, West Frisian moarnsstjer, DutchFrom morning + star. Compare Middle English morwensterre, West Frisian moarnsstjer, 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!").
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Forms
plural: morning starsSynonyms
7 synonyms- a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky:daystarPhosphorusLucifer
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable