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Synonyms for beacon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bee-kuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbi kən

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Définition of beacon

Origin :
  • Old English beacen "sign, portent, lighthouse," from West Germanic *baukna "beacon, signal" (cf. Old Frisian baken, Old Saxon bokan, Old High German bouhhan); not found outside Germanic. Perhaps borrowed from Latin bucina "a crooked horn or trumpet, signal horn." But more likely from PIE *bhew-, a variant of the base *bha- "to gleam, shine" (see phantasm). Figurative use from c.1600.
  • noun light used as signal, guide
Example sentences :
  • The Beacon had reached a large circulation, but its slave was worn out.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The thoughts about the Beacon were after all not so very absorbing.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • In a crisis his presence in London or Paris was absolutely necessary to the Beacon.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Ah, then Beacon Street is one of the principal streets, is it?
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • The Church had been his beacon before, but now it was to be his refuge.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Let us see if the beacon that lights to the throne should not show the path to the shrine also.'
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • To how many is the 'light that lies in woman's eyes 'but a beacon to lure to ruin?
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • “The Duke is himself guarding the Beacon,” the soldier answered.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • It stands there, not only a monument of the past, but a beacon for the future.
  • Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 » by Various
  • To the modern Spanish painter he is probably as fixed a beacon as Velasquez.
  • Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
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