1.
[syn: occidental, Hesperian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the
evening star, Gr. ? evening, ? ? the evening star. Cf.
Vesper.]
Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, n.
A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] --J.
Barlow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called
Hesperid[ae], or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous
species of Hesperidae; a skipper.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hesperian
adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the
western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian
culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian]