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   Lucifer

   /ˈluːsɪfə/

   noun

   • 1. another name for Satan
   • 2. the planet Venus when it rises in the morning. literary
   • 3. a match struck by rubbing it on a rough surface. archaic

   Word Origin Old English, from Latin, ‘light-bringing, morning star’, from lux, luc- ‘light’ + -fer ‘bearing’. Lucifer (sense 1) is by association with the ‘son of the morning’ (Isa. 14:12), believed by Christian interpreters to be a reference to Satan.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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