daystar

American  

[dey-stahr] / ˈdeɪˌstɑr /

noun

1. a morning star.

2. the sun.

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daystar British  

/ ˈdeɪˌstɑː /

noun

1. a poetic word for the sun

2. another word for the morning star

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Etymology

Origin of daystar

before 1000; Middle English daysterre, Old English dægsteorra. See day, star

Example Sentences

"A brighter day is dawning," cried the famed Horace Mann, "and education is its daystar."

From Time Magazine Archive

A star, a daystar, a firedrake, rose at his birth.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Shouldst thou reflect upon that which We have disclosed unto thee, the daystar of guidance would shine resplendent before thee in this everlasting morn, and thou wouldst be numbered therein with the pious.

From Gems of Divine Mysteries by Bahá'u'lláh

Instead of that the hope that Genevra might in some way be restored to me unspotted, had unconsciously been the daystar of my existence, and I shrank from a final separation.

From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Holmes, Mary Jane

When the owls cry and the crickets chirp, my wife leaves my bed, and until the daystar appears, I lie alone, torn with curiosity, to know where she is, and what she is doing.

From Welsh Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot