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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "star near the northern celestial pole — see also Polaris, Thuban",
"word": "ดาวเหนือ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "star near the northern celestial pole — see also Polaris, Thuban",
"word": "Kutup Yıldızı"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "shimaliy qutup yultuzi",
"sense": "star near the northern celestial pole — see also Polaris, Thuban",
"word": "شىمالىي قۇتۇپ يۇلتۇزى"
},
{
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "star near the northern celestial pole — see also Polaris, Thuban",
"word": "agyarrlak"
}
],
"word": "North Star"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "NSM"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "north sterre"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "norþ sterre"
},
"expansion": "norþ sterre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "north",
"3": "star",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "north + star",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English north sterre, norþ sterre, equivalent to north + star.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "North Stars",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "North Star (plural North Stars)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Darrin Grinder, Steve Shaw, The Presidents & Their Faith",
"text": "For Wilson, his religion served as guiding principle, not a series of explicit religious dictates governing politics: “Wilson's principles, derived from his religious faith, were his North Star, which pointed him in a general direction.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Frank M. Guttman, Honoré Beaugrand: a Traditional “Rouge”?",
"text": "His North Star was Rome, his compass was the Holy Office, “My polar star is Rome; my compass is the Holy Office.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Karen A. McClintock, When Trauma Wounds: Pathways to Healing and Hope, page 155",
"text": "Believing that he would return to life when he was ready, she became his North Star.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Ashley Stahl, You Turn, page 272",
"text": "The wise voice in my head agreed with her and told me something I'd never forget: Stop going against yourself. Be you. All the way. And watch life work for you. This voice, my intuition, has become my North Star in life.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world."
],
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"aim"
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[
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"guiding light",
"guiding light"
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"(figurative) An aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"word": "North Star"
}
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