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Definition of North star
1. Noun. The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it.
Group relationships: Little Bear, Ursa Minor, Dipper, Little Dipper
Generic synonyms: Loadstar, Lodestar, Variable, Variable Star
Definition of North star
1. Noun. (astronomy) A star positioned circumpolar to the North Pole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of North Star
Literary usage of North star
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"THE FUGITIVE SLAVE'S APOSTROPHE TO THE north star. STAR of the North! though night
winds drift The fleecy drapery of the sky Between thy lamp and me, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"The former was struck about midships, and was sunk and lost; and the north star
was considerably damaged. The owners of The Ella Warley libeled The North ..."
3. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"... Devil's Island — Reappearance to the Spray of the north star — The light on
Trinidad — A charming introduction to Grenada — Talks to friendly auditors. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"... above engraving is a faithful representation of the Steam-Yacht 'north star'
which recently left this port for a cruise of pleasure in European waters. ..."
5. The Afro-American Press and Its Editors by Irvine Garland Penn (1891)
"BEGINNING with The north star, journalism among Afro- Americans took a higher
stand, and was of a more elevated plane than that previous to 1847. ..."
6. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"The north star will then disappear and move away and the South Star will take
... The soul goes first to the north star, they say, which sets them upon the ..."
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