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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

Hesper and Phosphor are simply the one planet Venus, which according to its position with the sun, becomes the morning or evening star.

From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.

So, when thick vapors veil the nightly sky, The starry host in half-seen lustre fly, Till Phosphor rises o'er the twinkling crowd, And gives new splendor thro his parting cloud.

From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel

Sweet Phosphor, bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fogs; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Phosphor, the light-bringer or morning star; also called Hespĕrus, and by Homer and Hesiod Heôs-phŏros.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham




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