loadstar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
    lodestar.
  2. noun something that serves as a model or guide
    lodestar.

WordNet

Load"star`, Lode"star` noun (Also<
  • Loadstar
  • Lodestar
)
Etymology
Load, lode + star. See Lode.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913