lamplighter

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

torchbearer

Translations

farolero

allumeur de réverbères

lampionaio

lantaarnopsteker

accenditore

fanaler

fanalista

Laternenanzünder

شاعل القناديل

encendedor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From lamp + lighter.