LUCIFERS
Noun
lucifers
plural of lucifer
Source: Wiktionary
LUCIFER
Lu"ci*fer, n. Etym: [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr.
lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied
in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how
art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is.
xiv. 12.
Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in
reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name
Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto.
2. Hence, Satan.
How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . .
When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak.
3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible
substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and
locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender
body and long appendages.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition