lamplighter

== English == === Etymology === From lamp +‎ lighter. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ === Noun === lamplighter (plural lamplighters) (historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== lamplighter group ==== Translations ==== === References === “lamplighter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.