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Hesperian definition

Hes·peri·an (hes pir′ē ən)

adjective

  1. of Hesperia
  2. western; occidental
  3. Old Poet. of the Hesperides

Etymology: < L Hesperius < Gr Hesperios, of Hesperus, western, evening < Hesperos, the evening star < IE *wesperos, evening: see vesper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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