loadstar

American  

[lohd-stahr] / ˈloʊdˌstɑr /

noun

1. a variant of lodestar.

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loadstar British  

/ ˈləʊdˌstɑː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of lodestar

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Example Sentences

Now that the landmark ruling is gone, the movement is struggling to find a new loadstar.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2023

"And 'Capital,' Karl Marx's great work, has become the loadstar of modern economic science."

From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by Barker, J. Ellis

Heart-broken as I am, I should desire to carry away one memory at least of her whose love was the loadstar of my existence.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

As soon, therefore, as she could do so, without making her conduct marked, she sought her loadstar in the parlor.

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

It was even reported that fifteen hundred was fifteen thousand, but Andrew was proof against this brilliant loadstar of success, though many of his mates followed it afar, just before the shares dropped below par.

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins