Ves″per (vĕs″pẽr), n. [L., the evening, the evening star, the west; akin to Gr. ἕσπεροσ, εσπἕρα, and perhaps to E. west. Cf. Hesperian, Vespers.] The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening. Shak.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.