lamplighter

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

lantaarnopsteker

Synoniemen

torchbearer

Vertalingen

lampionaio

allumeur de réverbères

farolero

accenditore

fanaler

fanalista

Laternenanzünder

شاعل القناديل

encendedor

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

From lamp + lighter.