lodestarnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈləʊd.stɑːr/us/ˈloʊd.stɑːr/a star, especially the Pole Star, used to help find direction
literary an example or principle that people want to follow:
The party manifesto is no longer the lodestar it used to be.
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- dead reckoning
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigate
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- wreck
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