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hesperian

Part of Speech: Noun

Results: 4

            1.                                           Western;                                                         being                                                         in                                                         the                                                         west;                                                         occidental.                                    

            2.                                           Of                                                         or                                                         pertaining                                                         to                                                           a                                                         family                                                         of                                                         butterflies                                                         called                                                           Hesperidae,                                                         or                                                           skippers.                                    
Part of Speech: noun

            1.                                             A                                                         native                                                         or                                                         an                                                         inhabitant                                                         of                                                           a                                                         western                                                           country.                                    

            2.                                           Any                                                         one                                                         of                                                         the                                                         numerous                                                           species                                                         of                                                           Hesperidae;                                                           a                                                         skipper.                                    

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4- German submarine torpedoes liner Hesperian. - "America's War for Humanity", Thomas Herbert Russell.
In my sleep, often as the dank shades of night veil the earth, often as the stars lift their fires, the troubled phantom of my father Anchises comes in warning and dread; my boy Ascanius, how I wrong one so dear in cheating him of an Hesperian kingdom and destined fields. - "The Aeneid of Virgil", Virgil.
The warrior band leaps forth eagerly on the Hesperian shore; some seek the seeds of flame hidden in veins of flint, some scour the woods, the thick coverts of wild beasts, and find and shew the streams. - "The Aeneid of Virgil", Virgil.

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