Definitions
An old-fashioned friction match, or a literary name for the devil.
Word origin
From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: Vesper, Hesperus, evening star, Venus”
“While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag, Smile, boys, that’s the style”
“In the era of Twain and Grant cigar-smoking paraphernalia consisted mainly of a cigar cutter; the cigar itself was lit with a lucifer (safety match).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Old matchstick”7 letters
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