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Definition of the evening star noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the evening star

noun

/ði ˌiːvnɪŋ ˈstɑː(r)/

/ði ˌiːvnɪŋ ˈstɑːr/

[singular]

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the planet Venus, when it is seen in the western sky after the sun has set

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