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guidepost definition

guide·post (-pōst′)

noun

  1. a post with a sign and directions for travelers, placed at a roadside or crossroads
  2. anything that serves as a guide, standard, example, etc.; guideline

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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