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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A star, especially Polaris, that is used as a point of reference.
  2. n. A guiding principle, interest, or ambition.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A star that leads or serves to guide; especially, the pole-star: often used figuratively.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
  2. n. A guiding tenet or principle.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Same as loadstar.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
  2. n. something that serves as a model or guide

Etymologies

  1. From lode (“journey, course”) +‎ star, where lode is an archaic noun from the verb lead. Cognate with Old Norse leiðarstjarna, German Leitstern, Swedish ledstjärna. English from the 14th century as loode sterre, lood-sterre, lade-sterne, 15th century lode sterre, 16th century lode starre. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English lodesterre : lode, way; see lode + sterre, star; see star. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Prolagus Lady, lady, should you meet
    One whose ways are all discreet,
    One who murmurs that his wife
    Is the lodestar of his life,
    One who keeps assuring you
    That he never was untrue,
    Never loved another one...
    Lady, lady better run.


    (Dorothy Parker) Jun 17, 2008

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