lamplighter

Signification (Anglais)

1. (historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
2. (historical) 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.

Concepts

allumeur de réverbères

Synonymes

torchbearer

Traductions

farolero

lampionaio

fanaler

accenditore

lantaarnopsteker

encendedor

Laternenanzünder

fanalista

شاعل القناديل

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From lamp + lighter.