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GUIDING LIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guiding light mean?
• GUIDING LIGHT (noun)
The noun GUIDING LIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
Familiarity information: GUIDING LIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A celebrity who is an inspiration to others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
guiding light; leading light; luminary; notability; notable
Context example:
he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
Hypernyms ("guiding light" is a kind of...):
celebrity; famous person (a widely known person)
Context examples
Entering the gate and passing the shrubs, the silhouette of a house rose to view, black, low, and rather long; but the guiding light shone nowhere.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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