Vesper

1 a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky [syn: evening star, Hesperus]

2 a late afternoon or evening worship service

see Vesper

English

Noun

1. The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the vesper-bell
2. evening

Latin

Etymology

Cognates include Ancient Greek sc=polytonic, Old Church Slavonic sc=Cyrs and Armenian sc=Armn.

Noun

1. the evening, even, eve, even-tide
2. the evening-star

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Vesper can refer to:

• Hesperus, Latinized form of Hesperos, a Greek mythological figure (Roman Vesper)
• Vesper Lynd, a fictional character of Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale
• Vesper, Saskatchewan, formerly a village Southwest of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, now abandoned. No buildings remain.
• Vesper (cocktail), a Martini style Alcoholic beverage recipe created by Ian Fleming
• Vesper or shaken, not stirred, a manner in which to prepare a martini, as described in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale
• Vesper mission, a planned Venus chemistry and dynamics orbiter of the NASA Discovery Program, to be managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
• Vesper the name of two, short comic book series published by Acetylene Comis.
• Vesper, Wisconsin, USA, village with population of 527 located in the center of the state.

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