HESPERIAN

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] Milton.

2.
n.

A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] J. Barlow.

3.
a.

Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidæ, or skippers. -- n.

4.
a.

Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidæ; a skipper.


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