n.
A star of the second magnitude, at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper and almost at the north celestial pole. Also called North Star, polar star, Also called polestar.
[New Latin (Stēlla) Polāris, polar (star), from Latin polus, pole. See pole1.]
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