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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, a. [L. hesperius, fr hesperus the
evening star, Gr ? evening, ? ? the evening star. Cf
{Vesper}.]
Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, n.
A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] --J.
Barlow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called
{Hesperid[ae]}, or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous
species of {Hesperid[ae]}; a skipper.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Hesperian
adj : denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the
Western Hemisphere; "occidental civilization";
"Hesperian culture" [syn: {occidental}, {Hesperian}]
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