pilot starn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪlət stɑː/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪlət ˌstɑr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., star n.¹

Etymology: < pilot n. + star n.¹

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

A star regarded as a guide or a source of inspiration, spec. the Pole Star; (also) the morning star (Venus). Frequently figurative.

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society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides

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1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 156 On her sea-girt tower fair Hero stood..; While high in air..Shone the bright lamp, the pilot-star of Love.

1797 C. Lloyd in Poems S. T. Coleridge (ed. 2) 160 And is Hope's lustre fled afar, Nor haply from her pilot star Gleams one congenial ray, repellent of despair?

1811 W. H. Drummond Giants' Causeway iii. 98 See where Hesper, pilot star of love, Majestic moves through yon fair fields above.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 62 Enid, the pilot star of my lone life, Enid my early and my only love.

1869 E. Bulwer-Lytton Orval 394 The traveller told it the mariner, Watching the pilot star.

1899 W. B. Yeats Wind among Reeds 61 The Pilot Star and the Crooked Plough.

1933 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 9 June 6/3 Perhaps this was a fatal mistake, but he must follow his pilot star.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pilot star
释义	pilot starn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪlət stɑː/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlət ˌstɑr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., star n.¹ Etymology: < pilot n. + star n.¹ Chiefly poetic. Now rare. A star regarded as a guide or a source of inspiration, spec. the Pole Star; (also) the morning star (Venus). Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides lodestarc1374 clew1385 Palinurus1567 stern1577 thread1580 twist1580 sea-mark1589 Pole Star1590 cynosure1596 buoya1603 oracle1612 leading light1653 gospela1674 indexc1750 polar stara1774 pilot star1789 clue1840 guidance1841 guideline1917 breadcrumb trail1969 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 156 On her sea-girt tower fair Hero stood..; While high in air..Shone the bright lamp, the pilot-star of Love. 1797 C. Lloyd in Poems S. T. Coleridge (ed. 2) 160 And is Hope's lustre fled afar, Nor haply from her pilot star Gleams one congenial ray, repellent of despair? 1811 W. H. Drummond Giants' Causeway iii. 98 See where Hesper, pilot star of love, Majestic moves through yon fair fields above. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 62 Enid, the pilot star of my lone life, Enid my early and my only love. 1869 E. Bulwer-Lytton Orval 394 The traveller told it the mariner, Watching the pilot star. 1899 W. B. Yeats Wind among Reeds 61 The Pilot Star and the Crooked Plough. 1933 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 9 June 6/3 Perhaps this was a fatal mistake, but he must follow his pilot star. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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