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Guiding light   /gˈaɪdɪŋ laɪt/   Listen
Guiding light

noun
1.
A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.  Synonyms: leading light, luminary, notability, notable.






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"Guiding light" Quotes from Famous Books



... not a steaming light of any kind, not even one shaded little one in the stern, which an enemy might see and, seeing, swing in behind it. Rather than show even the smallest little guiding light, our fellows preferred to steam this ...
— The U-boat hunters • James B. Connolly

... it is," murmured the vicar, abstractedly. "For my own part," he added, bestirring himself to refill his pipe, "I can still see a guiding light in the older faith. Of course the world has rejected it; I don't seek to delude myself on that point; I shrink with horror from the blasphemy which would have us pretend that our civilisation obeys the spirit of Christ. The world has rejected it. Now as ever, 'despised and rejected of men.' ...
— Our Friend the Charlatan • George Gissing



Words linked to "Guiding light" :   celebrity, famous person



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