vesper

noun

1. The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
2. (poetic)The evening.

   “In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine.”

3. A vesper martini.
4. A vesper bat.

   “Almost all vespers are insect catchers.”

adj

1. (not-comparable, poetic)Evening.

   “On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]”

name

1. The planet Venus as the evening star.

   “Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus”

2. A surname from German.
3. A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.