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LUCIFER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
Example:
as long you've a lucifer to light your fag
Synonyms:
friction match; lucifer; match
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lucifer" is a kind of...):
igniter; ignitor; light; lighter (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires)
Meronyms (parts of "lucifer"):
matchstick (a short thin stick of wood used in making matches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lucifer"):
fusee; fuzee (a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind)
kitchen match (a wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface; useful to light wood or gas stoves)
book matches; safety match (a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface)
slow match (match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
Synonyms:
daystar; Lucifer; morning star; Phosphorus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("Lucifer" is a kind of...):
major planet; planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Synonyms:
Beelzebub; Devil; Lucifer; Old Nick; Prince of Darkness; Satan; the Tempter
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
spiritual being; supernatural being (an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events)
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)
