cynosure
cynosure /ˈsīnəˌSHo͝o(ə)r/ I. noun — [in sing.] 1. a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration • the Queen was the cynosure of all eyes. – origin late 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin cynosura, from Greek kunosoura ‘dog's tail’ (also ‘Ursa Minor’), from kuōn, kun- ‘dog’ + oura ‘tail.’ The term originally denoted the constellation Ursa Minor, or the star Polaris that it contains, long used as a guide by navigators.
