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Guidepost   /gˈaɪdpˌoʊst/   Listen
Guidepost

noun
1.
A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior.  Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb.
2.
A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way.  Synonym: signpost.






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"Guidepost" Quotes from Famous Books



... aid of the Eskimos, built at Cape Columbia a permanent monument, consisting of a pile of stones formed round the base of a guidepost made of sledge planks, with four arms pointing true north, south, east, and west—the whole supported and guyed by numerous strands of heavy sounding wire. On each arm is a copper plate, with an inscription punched ...
— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary

... said Burke, "are the guideposts and landmarks of the State." General Grant was the guidepost of a victorious war, and a landmark of a magnanimous peace. A pillar of strength has fallen; and yet a broken shaft is not the fit emblem of his life. It is a finished and splendid column, crowned with its ...
— The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 • Various

... the old man and left him. Then they walked to the angle of the roads where the guidepost stood. The arms were covered with the snow, and Ralph climbed on to the stone wall behind and ...
— The Shadow of a Crime - A Cumbrian Romance • Hall Caine



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