1894 Brewer’s / D / Daystar (The)
The morning star. Hence the emblem of hope or better prospects.
“Again oʹer the vine-covered regions of France,
See the day-star of Liberty rise.”
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Wilson: Noctes (Jan., 1831, vol. iv. p. 231).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.