Hesperian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hesperian	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Hesperian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hesperian adj denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture" Synonym(s): occidental, Hesperian
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesperian \Hespe"rian\, 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 \Hespe"rian\, n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] --J. Barlow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesperian \Hespe"rian\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called {Hesperid[91]}, or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous species of {Hesperid[91]}; a skipper.