l 1 o 1 d 2 e 1 s 1 t 1 a 1 r 1
8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
noun something that serves as a model or guide
originFrom Middle English lode (“journey, course”) + star, where lode is an archaic noun from the verb lithe (“to go, journey”), related to lead. Other Middle English spellings include: 14th century loode sterre, lood-sterre, lade-sterne; and 15th century lode sterre. Cognate with Old Norse leiðarstjarna, Dutch leidster, German Leitstern, Danish ledestjerne, Swedish ledstjärna.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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