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LAMPLIGHTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lamplighter mean?
• LAMPLIGHTER (noun)
The noun LAMPLIGHTER has 1 sense:
1. (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
Familiarity information: LAMPLIGHTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lamplighter" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
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