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Hesperus

[hes-per-uhs] / ˈhɛs pər əs /
NOUN
evening star
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The housing association installed the locks, designed to improve security in the block on Hesperus Crossway following a Police Scotland recommendation, in November last year.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

A Halloween screening of the 1922 silent film classic “Nosferatu” features a live musical accompaniment by Hesperus.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021

Their own party looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.

From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2020

As for me, I loved the swashbuckling sound of "Wreck of the Hesperus", but years passed before I met the poem.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2010

By this point Penelope felt like Longfellow’s doomed Hesperus, battered to and fro by the relentless storm of Lady Constance’s words.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood