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Meaning of 'lucifer' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lucifer [ n.]
- The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
- Hence, Satan.
- A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
- A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.

Meaning of 'lucifer' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lucifer [ n]
Meaning (1):
- lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
Example in sentence:
  • as long you've a lucifer to light your fag;
  • he always carries matches to light his pipe

Nearby Words:

lucarne lucchese luce lucency lucent lucern lucernal lucernaria lucernarian lucernarida

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