vesper

plural vespers

1. The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
2. poeticThe evening.

   In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine.

   1797–1798 (date written; revised 1817), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In Seven Parts.”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC, page 7

3. A vesper martini.

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   ‘I think it’s a fine name,’ said Bond. An idea struck him. ‘Can I borrow it?’ He explained about the special martini he had invented and his search for a name for it. ‘The Vesper,’ he said. ‘It sounds perfect and it’s very appropriate to the violet hour when my cocktail will now be drunk all over the world. Can I have it?’

   1953, Ian Fleming, “Pink Lights and Champagne”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 59

4. A vesper bat.

   Almost all vespers are insect catchers.

1. not comparablepoeticEvening.

   On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]

   1908, James Ryder Randall, “On the Rampart”, in Maryland, my Maryland, and other poems, Baltimore, Md.; New York: John Murphy Company, page 28

1. The planet Venus as the evening star.

   Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

   Synonyms: Hesperus, evenstar, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

plural Vespers

1. A surname from German.

1. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.