‖n. [ Sp. See 1st Vare. ] A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. Johnson's Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Ar. uaran, uaral; cf. F. varan, from the Arabic. ] (Zool.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]