Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The light of the dawning sun; hence, the beginning; the dawn.

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Examples

  • Only a sort of half-darkness lies between the lingering sunset and the early sun-dawn.

    Lords of the North 1903

  • And Rose Mary herself was a fresh, fragrant incarnation of the spirit of a spring sun-dawn that had come over the

    Rose of Old Harpeth Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • It mattered little where she lived -- mattered little if the sun-dawn never broke again.

    Thyrza George Gissing 1880

  • "'Oh,' she said as a glory that was like the sun-dawn spread over her face and neck and white breast, 'oh -- a man -- I'm glad!

    The Elected Mother 1912

  • "'Oh,' she said as a glory that was like the sun-dawn spread over her face and neck and white breast, 'oh — a man — I'm glad!

    The Elected Mother 1912

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