pharos noun.
['fɛ:rɒs] Pl. -roi
[-rɒɪ],
-roses.
M16.[Appellative use of Latin & Greek place-name.]1. A lighthouse, a beacon for sailors;
spec. (
Pharos) that built
c 280
BC on the island of Pharos off Alexandria in Egypt (now a peninsula forming part of the city).
M16.2. Any conspicuous light; a ship's lantern; a candelabrum; a lamp.
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