daystar.

1. A poetic name for the morning star or for the sun as the bright star of daytime.

2. The sun, described as the bright star that illuminates the day.

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Words that belong together

• the daystar rises
• bright daystar
• daystar over the horizon
• daystar over the ridge
• the daystar climbs
• beneath the daystar

On the page

A daystar hung above the eastern ridge before the valley woke.

The daystar climbed above the roofs and washed the avenue in gold.

Usage notes

Daystar is poetic or historical: it may refer to the morning star or to the sun; context distinguishes the two. Sense 2: This poetic sense means the sun, not Venus or another planet seen before sunrise.