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/poʊlˈɛrəs/ Listen

Polaris

noun

The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it. Synonyms: North Star, polar star, pole star, polestar.

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"Polaris" Quotes from Famous Books

... at each other, closed their eyes, and in a moment the three cadets of the Polaris unit ...

— On the Trail of the Space Pirates • Carey Rockwell

... On the opposite side are the unmarked places where sixteen of Greely's ill-fated party died. Still farther north, on the eastern or Greenland side, is the grave of Hall, the American commander of the Polaris Expedition. On the western, or Grant Land side, are the graves of two or three sailors of the British Arctic Expedition of 1876. And right on the shore of the central Polar Sea, near Cape Sheridan, is the grave of the Dane, Petersen, the interpreter of the British Arctic Expedition ...

— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary

Words linked to "Polaris" : polestar, Ursa Minor, North Star, polar star, pole star, loadstar, lodestar, dipper, variable star, Little Dipper, variable, Little Bear