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Phosphor

[fos-fer, -fawr] / ˈfɒs fər, -fɔr /
NOUN
morning star
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Furthermore, one of the mobile developers in the Partners programme, Phosphor Games, is creating an action fantasy title named Horn, clearly aimed at the dedicated gaming audience.

From The Guardian Aug. 2, 2012

Phosphor is, however, a mighty hunter: mice, rats by the score, chipmunks,—all is game that comes to his net.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

The ancients called it Lucifer and Phosphor when it shone as a morning star before sunrise, and Hesperus and Vesper when it became visible after sunset.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

However, it is conceded in the family that Phosphor is not a cat merely: he is a person, and Lucifer is a spirit.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

Like Phosphor, in the sullen rear of night, Before the golden wheels of orient light He came.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell




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