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Definition of Loadstar
1. Noun. Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy.
Specialized synonyms: North Star, Polar Star, Polaris, Pole Star, Polestar
Generic synonyms: Star
2. Noun. Something that serves as a model or guide.
Definition of Loadstar
1. n. A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
Definition of Loadstar
1. English. alternative spelling of lodestar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loadstar
1. lodestar [n -S] - See also: lodestar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loadstar
Literary usage of Loadstar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"For Johnson's quarrel with him, see Boswell's Johnson, p. 49 (Globe Edition).
237, 22. loadstar (lodestar): Icelandic ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"... not fur any e\ pence, for the good fortune he had in the happy finding of his
rapier. • • loadstar, nnd LOADSMAN. See Jests of George Petit, 11. d. ..."
3. The works of Sir William Mure of Rowallan by William Mure, William Tough (1898)
"FAIR goddes, loadstar of delight, Natours triumph, and beuties lyfe, Earth's
ornament, my hopes full hight, My only peace, and pleasing stryfe Let mercie ..."
4. The Grange of St. Giles, the Bass: And the Other Baronial Homes of the Dick by Jane Stewart Smith (1898)
"NOTE XII EXTRACTS FROM 'THE loadstar, OK DIRECTORY TO THE NEW WORLD AND
TRANSFORMATIONS.' 'THE King's Majesty shall be counselled to follow forth and ..."
5. Necessity of Popular Education: As a National Object by James Simpson (1834)
"... excitement, direction of intellect—loadstar of education—Pupil's study of his
own faculties, and their objects—Education, Physical, Moral, ..."
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