Thesaurus: lucifer

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1. n. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
2. n. Hence, Satan.
3. n. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. n. A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
5. n. a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
6. n. lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
7. 1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto. 2. Hence, Satan. How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak. 3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco. 4. (Zoöl.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
8. A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slenderbody and long appendages.
9. n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell n a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky n lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction