lodestar
English
noun
Definitions
- A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
- (figurative) A guiding tenet or principle.
- (law) A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.
Etymology
Compound from English lode (course, way, waterway, journey) + English star (celestial body).
Origin
English
star
Gloss
celestial body
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurostar English
- Gold Star English
- Stargateverse English
- Wolfstar English
- antistar English
- astar English
- barnstar English
- bestar English
- bistar English
- blazingstar English
- bluestar English
- boson star English
- brittle star English
- costar English
- daystar English
- death star English
- dwarf star English
- earthstar English
- faxed star English
- gold star English
- lode English
- lodeship English
- lodesman English
- low mass star English
- megastar English
- nanostar English
- nonstar English
- orphan star English
- protostar English
- pseudostar English
- quasistar English
- radio star English
- rockstar English
- sea star English
- sea-star English
- seastar English
- semistar English
- soapstar English
- star English
- star city English
- star sign English
- star-city English
- star-crossed English
- starbase English
- starbath English
- starbathe English
- starbirth English
- starboy English
- starburst English
- starcast English
- starcraft English
- starcruiser English
- stardate English
- stardock English
- stardom English
- stardrift English
- stardrive English
- stardust English
- stareater English
- starfaring English
- starfield English
- starfighter English
- starfilled English
- starfish English
- starflower English
- starfrontlet English
- starfruit English
- starfuck English
- starfucker English
- starfucking English
- stargate English
- stargaze English
- stargazer English
- starhood English
- starless English
- starlet English
- starlight English
- starlike English
- starliner English
- starlit English
- starlore English
- starly English
- starmaker English
- starmaking English
- starman English
- starmatter English
- starmonger English
- starnose English
- starport English
- starproof English
- starred English
- starrer English
- starrish English
- starry English
- starscape English
- starshade English
- starshine English
- starship English
- starsnout English
- starspot English
- starstone English
- starstuff English
- starthistle English
- starthroat English
- startracker English
- starviolet English
- starward English
- starwards English
- starweed English
- starwheel English
- starwort English
- substar English
- superstar English
- tristar English
- unstar English
- wandering star English
- wanderstar English
- stara Finnish
- star Italian
- kleuterleidster Dutch, Flemish
- leiden Dutch, Flemish
- leidster Dutch, Flemish
- oppositieleidster Dutch, Flemish
- partijleidster Dutch, Flemish
- star French
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *laidō Proto-Germanic
- スター Japanese
- lād Old English
- sterre Middle English
- leiðarstjarna Old Norse
- stjarna Old Norse
- lede Danish
- ledestjerne Danish
- stjerne Danish
- स्टार Hindi
- staa Swahili
- 스타 Korean
- sta Tok Pisin
- stari Sranan Tongo
- lode
- star
- astar
- unstar
- bistar
- bestar
- costar
- starly
- starry
- tristar
- starrer
- starman
- substar
- seastar
- nonstar
- starlet
- stardom
- starboy
- starlit
- daystar
- starred
- rockstar
- starwort
- antistar
- starlore
- starport
- starcast
- semistar
- starbase
- stardate
- Wolfstar
- soapstar
- sea-star
- sea star
- starless
- megastar
- starhood
- stargate
- bluestar
- stardust
- starrish
- starfuck
- Eurostar
- starward
- stargaze
- starlike
- barnstar
- starbath
- starfish
- nanostar
- starship
- starweed
- lodesman
- starspot
- lodeship
- starnose
- stardock
- starbathe
- stareater
- earthstar
- superstar
- quasistar
- starfield
- star city
- stargazer
- starshade
- starproof
- protostar
- starscape
- starbirth
- starsnout
- starstone
- Gold Star
- gold star
- starshine
- starcraft
- star-city
- starwheel
- starmaker
- starburst
- starlight
- stardrift
- stardrive
- starfruit
- star sign
- starwards
- starliner
- starstuff
- starviolet
- starfucker
- starmatter
- starmaking
- dwarf star
- faxed star
- boson star
- radio star
- wanderstar
- starflower
- starthroat
- starfilled
- death star
- starfaring
- starmonger
- pseudostar
- starfighter
- startracker
- starfucking
- starcruiser
- orphan star
- blazingstar
- starthistle
- brittle star
- star-crossed
- starfrontlet
- low mass star
- Stargateverse
- wandering star