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Phosphor

[fos-fer, -fawr] / ˈfɒs fər, -fɔr /
NOUN
morning star
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Furthermore, one of the mobile developers in the Partners programme, Phosphor Games, is creating an action fantasy title named Horn, clearly aimed at the dedicated gaming audience.

From The Guardian Aug. 2, 2012

Light will repay The wrongs of night; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

Lucifer and Phosphor have been our cats for the last ten years: Lucifer, entirely black, Phosphor, as yellow as saffron, a real golden fleece.

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Helen M. Winslow

Pythagoras is said to have been the first to identify Hesperus with Phosphor, as the "Silver planet both of eve and morn," and by Plato the same fact is recognized.

From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Edward Singleton Holden

Phosphor, the light-bringer or morning star; also called Hespĕrus, and by Homer and Hesiod Heôs-phŏros.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer




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