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Lodestar   /lˈoʊdstˌɑr/   Listen
Lodestar

noun
1.
Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy.  Synonym: loadstar.
2.
Something that serves as a model or guide.  Synonym: loadstar.






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"Lodestar" Quotes from Famous Books



... with Mr. Stewart, Peggy, Mrs. Howland, Constance, Snap, Polly, Shortie, Wheedles and Happy were gathered in Middies' Haven, and Neil Stewart had the floor. Since his return to Severndale he had spent more than half the time at Wilmot where his lodestar, Peggy, was staying with those she had grown to love so dearly, and where she was so entirely happy. Mr. Stewart had taken a room for June week in order to be near her, feeling reluctant to take her away from the friends who had done ...
— Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home • Gabrielle E. Jackson

... climbed lazily to the top board of the fence. He was an energetic youth, but he liked to do his thinking at his ease. Now, as his gaze still followed its lodestar, he suddenly slipped from his seat and ran forward, pulling the revolver from its scabbard as he ran. Into his eyes had crept a tense alertness, the shining watchfulness of the tiger ready ...
— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine



Words linked to "Lodestar" :   star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar, North Star, example, model



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