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4 definitions found 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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