pole star

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Singular
pole star

Plural
pole stars

pole star (plural pole stars)

  1. (astronomy) The star nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
    Polaris is currently (long-term) the Pole Star of our blue planet Earth.
  2. A guide or guiding principle.

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the star
a guiding principle
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