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pharoses

pharoses is the plural of pharos.

Meaning of pharos

Noun

pharos (plural pharoses or pharoi)

  1. (historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
    • He […] built a Pharos, or Light House.1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
  2. (figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
    • The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39

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Questions about pharoses

What is pharoses the plural of?
Pharoses is the plural of pharos.

Words near pharoses in the dictionary

  1. pharologist
  2. pharologists
  3. pharology
  4. pharonology
  5. pharos
  6. pharoses
  7. Pharr
  8. Pharrell
  9. Pharrs
  10. PHARs
  11. Pharsalia

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