polestar
polestar is the alternative form of pole star.
Meaning of pole star
Noun
pole star (plural pole stars)
- The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
- Polaris is currently the pole star of planet Earth.
- Synonyms:
- polar star, pole arctic
- A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention.
- But it [our hotel] has one great advantage for a stranger, by being in the market place, and the next neighbour of the huge church of St. Nicholas: […] A better pole-star could scarcely be desired.1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Satyrane’s Letters. Letter II. (To a Lady.)”, in Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, volume II, London: Rest Fenner...
- Synonyms:
- cynosure, guide star, guiding star, lodestar
Forms of polestar
| plural | polestars |
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Questions about polestar
- What is polestar the alternative form of?
- Polestar is the alternative form of pole star.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: polestar (page history and authors); pole star (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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