lodestar: Meaning and Definition of

lode•star

Pronunciation: (lōd'stär"), [key]
— n.
  1. a star that shows the way.
  2. Polaris.
  3. something that serves as a guide or on which the attention is fixed.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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