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FRIAR'S LANTERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does friar's lantern mean?
• FRIAR'S LANTERN (noun)
The noun FRIAR'S LANTERN has 1 sense:
1. a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
Familiarity information: FRIAR'S LANTERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern; will-o'-the-wisp
Hypernyms ("friar's lantern" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
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