Found 2 items, similar to lodestar.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lodestar lodestar n 1: guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy [syn: loadstar] 2: something that serves as a model or guide [syn: loadstar]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lodestar Loadstar \Load"star`\, Lodestar \Lode"star`\, n. [Load, lode + star. See Lode.] 1. A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar, Polaris; also, the constellation containing the pole star, the cynosure (Ursa Minor). --Chaucer. “ Your eyes are lodestars.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] The pilot can no loadstar see. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure[2]. [PJC] 3. Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure[3]. [PJC] Lodestar \Lode"star`\, n. Same as Loadstar. [1913 Webster]