daystar

1 9.9

A bright planet, often Venus, seen in the east just before sunrise

noun
/ˈdeɪˌstɑr/

Archaic

: estrella de la mañana

As I stepped outside in the early morning, I admired the daystar shining vividly in the east.

Examples

The bright daystar illuminated the sky just before dawn, heralding the start of a new day.
Friday night I watched Marcus and Joni Lamb interview Pat and Shirley Boone on Celebration (on the DayStar television network).

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Even the 1611 KJV has a marginal note for Isaiah 14:12 tying "O Lucifer" to "Or O Daystar."

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Each morning, the daystar appears, bringing light and warmth to the sleeping world.

Synonyms

Venus

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58 3.6

The second planet from the Sun that shines brightly at dawn or dusk

refers specifically to a planet seen brightly just before sunrise

morning star

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4 5.7

A bright planet, usually Venus, seen in the east just before sunrise

focuses more on bright shining appearance in the early morning sky

Phosphorus

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Archaic

1 9.9

An old name for the planet Venus when it appears in the eastern sky before sunrise

is the regular modern term rather than an old-fashioned form

Lucifer

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Archaic

8.4

The planet Venus when it shines in the sky before sunrise

is the general descriptive term rather than a proper name

Antonyms

evening star

2 3.3

A bright planet, usually Venus, seen in the western sky at sunset

How Bright

Sun

∞ 1.0

daystar

Archaic

1 9.9

star

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

daystar singular

daystars plural

Morphology

daystar = day + star (semi-transparent) = day + star

Formally a transparent compound of 'day' + 'star', but its conventional referent (the morning star/Venus) is a specific astronomical sense not fully inferable from the components.

Etymology

The word daystar comes from the simple parts day and star, meaning 'day' and 'star', so it pictures a 'star of the day', the bright planet often called Venus that you can see in the eastern sky just before sunrise.