Pharos

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pharos \Pha"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. fa`ros, fr. Fa`ros an island
     in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus
     built a famous lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the
     ancient world.]
     A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse.  --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pharos
       n : a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing
           ships [syn: {beacon}, {lighthouse}, {beacon light}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "pharos":
     Texas tower, beacon, belvedere, bench mark, bleachers, bookmark,
     bridge, cairn, catstone, conning tower, gallery, gazebo,
     grandstand, landmark, lighthouse, lightship, lookout, loophole,
     mark, marker, menhir, milepost, milestone, monument,
     observation post, observatory, outlook, overlook, peanut gallery,
     peephole, platform, ringside, ringside seat, seamark, sighthole,
     top gallery, tower, watchtower
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PHAROS. A light-house or beacon. It is derived from Phams, a small island at 
  the mouth of the Nile, on which was built a watch-tower.