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polar star

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polar star
n.
See Polaris.
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Noun1.polar starpolar 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
North 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


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How could you have acted, as the polar star of all.
A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context
This is, beyond question, a bold and presumptuous doubt, inasmuch as many distinguished characters, called men of the world, long-headed customers, knowing dogs, shrewd fellows, capital hands at business, and the like, have made, and do daily make, this axiom their polar star and compass.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Duncan had no other guide than a distant glimmering light, which served, however, the office of a polar star to the lover.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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