lodestar in French

lodestar in French

What does "lodestar" mean?

1. noun A star, especially a pole star like Polaris, that is used to find your way.
   "He was no wavering mariner; he had taken his course from a single lodestar, by which he had steered from the first day he had seen it in his heavens — the lodestar that had shone for him and would always shine."
2. noun A belief or idea that guides someone's actions.
   "We need a new lodestar, a new map of the world that once again includes a distant, uncharted continent—“Utopia.”"
3. noun (law) A legal fee worked out by multiplying the hours reasonably spent on a case by a reasonable hourly rate.
   "Many, though not all, of the objections to lodestars seem to us to be overstated."

lodestar in a sentence

• He was no wavering mariner; he had taken his course from a single lodestar, by which he had steered from the first day he had seen it in his heavens — the lodestar that had shone for him and would always shine.
• We need a new lodestar, a new map of the world that once again includes a distant, uncharted continent—“Utopia.”
• Many, though not all, of the objections to lodestars seem to us to be overstated.

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