'Loadstar' definitions:

Definition of 'loadstar'

From: WordNet
noun
Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy [syn: lodestar, loadstar]
noun
Something that serves as a model or guide [syn: lodestar, loadstar]

Definition of 'Loadstar'

From: GCIDE
  • Loadstar \Load"star`\, Lodestar \Lode"star`\, n. [Load, lode + star. See Lode.]
  • 1. A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar, Polaris; also, the constellation containing the pole star, the cynosure (Ursa Minor). --Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The pilot can no loadstar see. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure[2]. [PJC]
  • 3. Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure[3]. [PJC] Loadstone