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Meaning of LOADSTAR

Pronunciation:  'lowd`stâr

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  something that serves as a model or guide
  2. [n]  guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation of astronomy
 

LOADSTAR is a 8 letter word that starts with L.

 

 Synonyms: lodestar, lodestar
 
 See Also: example, model, North Star, polar star, Polaris, polestar, star

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Load"star`\, Lodestar \Lode"star`\, n. [Load, lode +
star. See {Lode}.]
A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the
cynosure. --Chaucer. `` Your eyes are lodestars.'' --Shak.

      The pilot can no loadstar see.           --Spenser.

 

 

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