Usually means: Center of attention or admiration.
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  1. cynosure: Collins English Dictionary
  2. cynosure: Vocabulary.com
  3. Cynosure, cynosure: Wordnik
  4. cynosure: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. cynosure: Wiktionary
  6. cynosure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. cynosure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. cynosure: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Cynosure, cynosure: Dictionary.com
  10. cynosure: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Cynosure (comics), Cynosure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Cynosure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. cynosure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. cynosure: Rhymezone
  15. Cynosure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. cynosure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. cynosure: FreeDictionary.org
  18. cynosure: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. cynosure: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. cynosure: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. cynosure: Merriam-Webster
  22. cynosure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  23. cynosure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  24. Cynosure: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. cynosure: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cynosure: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cynosure)

noun:  (usually capitalized) Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
noun:  (figuratively) That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star.
noun:  (figuratively) Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.

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