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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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 [syn: Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1555 1. North Star 2. a. a directing principle ; guide b. a center of attraction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Astron. a star in Ursa Minor now about 1° distant from the celestial north pole. 2 a a thing or principle serving as a guide. b a centre of attraction.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

North North, a. Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north. North following. See Following, a., 2. North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. North preceding. See Following, a., 2. North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Polestar Pole"star`, n. 1. Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North. 2. A guide or director.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. North star, polar star, loadstar, Polaris. 2. Guide, cynosure, guiding star.

Moby Thesaurus

Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer, North Star, Phosphor, Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius, Venus, Vesper, artificial magnet, bar magnet, celestial body, center of attraction, center of consciousness, center of interest, comet, cynosure, daystar, electromagnetic lifting magnet, evening star, field magnet, fixed stars, focal point, focus, focus of attention, guiding star, heart, heavenly body, horseshoe magnet, hub, living sapphires, lodestar, lodestone, magnet, magnetic needle, magnetite, morning star, nerve center, orb, paramagnet, point of convergence, polar star, prime focus, seat, solenoid, sphere, starry host, stars