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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHA'ROS, n. [Gr. This word is generally supposed to be taken from the name of a small isle, near Alexandria,in Egypt. But qu. is not the word from the root of fire, or from the Celtic fairim, to watch, and the isle so called from the tower upon it?]
1. A light-house or tower which anciently stood on a small isle of that name, adjoining the Egyptian shore, over against Alexandria. It consisted of several stories and galleries, with a lantern on the top, which was kept burning at night as a guide to seamen.
2. Any light-house for the direction of seamen; a watch-tower; a beacon.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

geographical name peninsula N Egypt in city of Alexandria; formerly an island

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a lighthouse or a beacon to guide sailors. Etymology: L f. Gk Pharos island off Alexandria where a famous lighthouse stood

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lighthouse, watch-tower, beacon.

Moby Thesaurus

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