the North Star, the brightest star situated near the north pole of the heavens (see Polaris), 1550s, from pole (n.2) + star (n.).
polemic
polemicist
polemicize
polemology
polenta
pole-star
pole-vault
police
policeman
Polichinelle
policlinic
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