"pharos" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "pharoses",
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      "form": "pharoi",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors."
      ],
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        "(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors."
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          "ref": "1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39",
          "text": "The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.",
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        "That which stands out; a shining light."
      ],
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        "(figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛəɹɒs/"
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).",
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    {
      "form": "pharoses",
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        "An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors."
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        "(historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors."
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        "That which stands out; a shining light."
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        "(figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light."
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