lamplighter
lamplighter · lamplighters
ліхтарник
Laternenanzünder
A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawnA person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
/ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Meaning
3 senses(historical)A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
Laternenanzünder
ліхта́рникlixtárnyk
(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
(historical)Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end.
A kind of tall bicycle.
Translations
5 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
a person employed to light streetlights:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person employed to light streetlights:
Origin
From lamp + lighter.From lamp + lighter.
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Forms
plural: lamplighters| Singular | lamplighter |
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Word family
5 related wordsDerivedlamplighter group