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North Star

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North Star
n.
See Polaris.
North Star
n
(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the. another name for Polaris [1]
North Star
See Polaris.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.North StarNorth Star - the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar
Little Bear, Ursa Minor - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
Little Dipper, Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
North Star
noun Pole Star, Polaris, lodestar I could see the Bear and had identified the North Star.
Translations
North Star
n → Nordstern m
North Star n the North Star → la stella polare
North Star n the North Star → la stella polare


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He pointed to where the North Star burned over the Khyber Pass.
The Man Who Was by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
I am no more lonely than the Mill Brook, or a weathercock, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
Depend upon't, they keep just in front o't all the way from the North Star.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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