morning star
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- noun
- /ˈmɔrnɪŋ stɑr/
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estrella de la mañana
- The bright morning star was visible in the eastern sky just before sunrise.
- morning star, Venus
- bright morning star
Examples
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Wasn't that star the morning star?
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The morning star was the planet Venus, which was called "the light bearer," which translates as Lucifer in Latin.
Blog text (4) -
The sun is but a morning star.
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And I will give him the morning star.
Blog text (31) -
Christ is also characterized as the "bright and morning star" in Revelation, which is where the name supposedly comes from.
Blog text (4) -
When the morning star is two hands above the horizon in midsummer, that's due west.
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A cool planetary conjunction will occur in the dawn sky on Nov. 26 and 27, as Saturn will appear within one degree of the bright morning star, Venus.
Blog text (34) -
Roshi Joan Halifax and Robert Thomas gave a beautiful talk about the Buddha's awakening, which coincided with the appearance of Venus, the morning star.
Blog text (9) -
Every morning, I look for the morning star shining brightly before the sun rises.
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The morning star often captures the attention of early risers as it heralds the dawn.
Synonyms
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The second planet from the Sun that shines brightly at dawn or dusk
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An old name for the planet Venus when it appears in the eastern sky before sunrise
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A bright planet, often Venus, seen in the east just before sunrise
The planet Venus when it shines in the sky before sunrise
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'morning' (the time before noon/dawn) + 'star' (a luminous celestial object), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a bright object seen in the early morning. Although astronomically the morning star is often the planet Venus (not a true star), that specific identification does not prevent a B1 learner from understanding the compound from its parts; the construction is cross-linguistically common and therefore transparent.
Etymology
The compound noun morning star comes from a simple image: a bright star that appears in the morning sky just before the sun and was used as a clear sign or guide. So today morning star means 'a planet, often Venus, seen in the east just before sunrise'.