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Guidepost   /gˈaɪdpˌoʊst/   Listen
Guidepost

noun
1.
A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior.  Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb.
2.
A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way.  Synonym: signpost.





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"Guidepost" Quotes from Famous Books



... aid of the Eskimos, built at Cape Columbia a permanent monument, consisting of a pile of stones formed round the base of a guidepost made of sledge planks, with four arms pointing true north, south, east, and west—the whole supported and guyed by numerous strands of heavy sounding wire. On each arm is a copper plate, with an inscription punched ...
— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary


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