English Explanatory Dictionary

lamplighter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
  2. Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.
  3. A kind of tall bicycle.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Word forms

lamplighter lamplighters

Etymology

From lamp + lighter.

Derived words

lamplighter group
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