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Loadstar

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






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"Loadstar" Quotes from Famous Books



... expression of silliness which is so common, but almost divine, with the temptation of its full, rich, ruby lips. Her teeth, which she but seldom showed, were very even and very white, and there rested on her chin the dearest dimple that ever acted as a loadstar to mens's eyes. The fault of her face, if it had a fault, was in her nose,—which was a little too sharp, and perhaps too small. A woman who wanted to depreciate Violet Effingham had once called her a pug-nosed puppet; but I, as her chronicler, deny that she was pug-nosed,—and ...
— Phineas Finn - The Irish Member • Anthony Trollope



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



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