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noun

Lodestar, Loadstar n.

A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar, Polaris; also, the constellation containing the pole star, the cynosure (Ursa Minor). " Your eyes are lodestars." "The pilot can no loadstar see."

Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure (2).

Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure (3).

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Etymology of 'Lodestar'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lodestar" Quotes from Famous Books

... be of the number. For he has unshaken faith in eternal justice as something independent even of the deity. Its manifestations may be imperceptible and incomprehensible to us, but it governs the universe all the same, and faith in this fact was his lodestar when sun and moon had gone out and the aimless tornado raged around and ghastly horrors issued from the womb of Night. The wicked may prosper and the just man die on a dunghill, scorned by all and seemingly forsaken by ...

— The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur • Emile Joseph Dillon

... through the illuminated drawing-room, escorted by one on whom the eyes of the fashionable world were eagerly bent, I could not help being conscious of the glances that darted on me from every direction. Ernest Linwood was the loadstar of the scene, and whoever he distinguished by his attention must be conspicuous by association. I felt this, but no embarrassment agitated my step or dyed my cheek with blushes. The deep waters were stirred, stirred to their inmost ...

— Ernest Linwood - or, The Inner Life of the Author • Caroline Lee Hentz

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