loadstar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Now that the landmark ruling is gone, the movement is struggling to find a new loadstar.
From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2023
The feather in the hat of Lewis was the loadstar of victory.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The fabulous mines of Cusco, the plate-ships of Lima and Guayaquil, the pearl-fisheries of Panama, these had been hitherto the loadstar of English enterprise.
From Raleigh by Lang, Andrew
"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
In the home she is "loadstone to all hearts, and loadstar to all eyes."
From Character by Smiles, Samuel
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