lodestar
Origin of lodestar
1- Also load·star .
Words Nearby lodestar
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How to use lodestar in a sentence
Citizenship and dignity—these are the lodestars of civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race or disability or other human difference.
How to Build a Society for All to Enjoy - Issue 107: The Edge | Kathryn Paige Harden | September 29, 2021 | NautilusInvoking Wilberforce allows conservatives like DeMint to pretend that he, not Calhoun, is their moral lodestar and inspiration.
Every man must have a woman as a lodestar; you are to be that to me.
A Book o' Nine Tales. | Arlo Bates"lodestar" really was a good word for the attraction, I thought, and I would repeat it to the chauffeur.
The Motor Maid | Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris WilliamsonThe lodestar of his hopes is liberty, his main end the establishment of "a free commonwealth."
Milton | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
She was immediately spellbound by Franz's music, and he became the lodestar of her dreams.
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches | Maurice BaringWhat do they say up in the carbonate camp about the lodestar business?
The Helpers | Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for lodestar
loadstar
/ (ˈləʊdˌstɑː) /
a star, esp the North Star, used in navigation or astronomy as a point of reference
something that serves as a guide or model
Origin of lodestar
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Scientific definitions for lodestar
A star, especially Polaris, that is used as a point of reference.
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