lucifer

IPA: ɫˈusʌfɝ

Root Word: Lucifer

(literary) The planet Venus as the daystar.
(biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
Satan, the Devil.
(Britain, archaic) A self-igniting match, i.e. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box).

Examples of "lucifer" in Sentences

Did you know that the Dutch word for matchstick is "lucifer"?
..haha, I meant to say that the Dutch use the word "lucifer" for matchstick, not that it's a Dutch word.
Little doubt that in his heart he wished the lucifer were a dagger and that he had the courage to use it.
Here's some news for you … the word "lucifer" is not a name but a title derived from the latin word for "lightbringer."
We want some bread and meat, and our pipes, and a little bag or two, and two or three kite-strings, and some of these new-fangled things they call lucifer matches.
Red paint had been splashed on them in the forms, respectively, of a giant letter s followed by the word murder, a five-pointed star labelled lucifer and a sprawling, badly-executed swastika.
The boys involved off are hauled off to the magistrate by the local village policeman, who, comically, had imagined that a blazer, the top garment worn by schoolboys of that era (and mine) was a kind of lucifer, which in turn was a kind of match used before the invention of the safety-match.
Especially if said wings come with traits such as "fallen aka special" and "perfect aka god's little helper" As an eighteen year old girl, if i ever met an angel I think I'd tell him to fly back to wherever he came from cause I like the boys who side with lucifer every now and again. "aka bad boys"