Meaning

2 senses
  1. (historical)The (male) operator of a magic lantern.

  2. (historical)A man hired to light a person through the streets.

Origin

From lantern + -man.

From lantern + -man.

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Forms

plural: lanternmen
Singularlanternman
Plurallanternmen

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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