north star

English

Noun

north star (plural north stars)

1. Alternative letter-case form of North Star (“guiding light”)
   • 2018, Linnea Hartsuyker, The Sea Queen:

     But it is he, and his vision for Norway, that is my north star.

   • 2019, Nina Montgomery, Perspectives on Purpose:

     Purpose is a company's north star, the 'why' a company does what it does, not the what or the how.

   • 2021, Akshaya Kosuri, MK Pavani, Two Worlds Apart, page 129:

     "You are your own north star. But you are a north star to someone else as well." —"Really?" "Yes. You are my north star, too."