"north star" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "north stars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "north star (plural north stars)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "guiding light",
          "word": "North Star"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Linnea Hartsuyker, The Sea Queen",
          "text": "But it is he, and his vision for Norway, that is my north star.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Nina Montgomery, Perspectives on Purpose",
          "text": "Purpose is a company's north star, the 'why' a company does what it does, not the what or the how.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Akshaya Kosuri, MK Pavani, Two Worlds Apart, page 129",
          "text": "\"You are your own north star. But you are a north star to someone else as well.\" —\"Really?\" \"Yes. You are my north star, too.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of North Star (“guiding light”)"
      ],
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  "word": "north star"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "north stars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "north star (plural north stars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "guiding light",
          "word": "North Star"
        }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Linnea Hartsuyker, The Sea Queen",
          "text": "But it is he, and his vision for Norway, that is my north star.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Nina Montgomery, Perspectives on Purpose",
          "text": "Purpose is a company's north star, the 'why' a company does what it does, not the what or the how.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Akshaya Kosuri, MK Pavani, Two Worlds Apart, page 129",
          "text": "\"You are your own north star. But you are a north star to someone else as well.\" —\"Really?\" \"Yes. You are my north star, too.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of North Star (“guiding light”)"
      ],
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