1. (n.) The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
2. (n.) Hence, Satan.
3. (n.) 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. (n.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.