pharos : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pharos	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pharos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pharos n a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships Synonym(s): beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pharos \Pha"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] an island in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous lighthouse.] A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. --Arbuthnot.