Word Meaning

Meaning of terminus

- Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
- The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
- Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
- Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.

Crossword clue for terminus

- Depot
- Railway end
- The end of the line
- Without limit or boundary