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Polaris

//poʊˈlɑɹɪs// name, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    α Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.
  2. 2
    A type of U.S. ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and designed to be launched from a submarine.

    "Tremble, you weaklings, cower in fear / I am your ruler — land, sea, and air / Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall / I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris""

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of polari form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

From Latin stēlla polāris (“pole star”).

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