lamplighter

noun

lamp·​light·​er ˈlamp-ˌlī-tər How to pronounce lamplighter (audio)
: one that lights a lamp

Examples of lamplighter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Minnesota put a scare in Dallas at the end of the period with a power-play lamplighter and another apparent goal 30 seconds later. Peter Warren, Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2023 The lighting of a 26-foot-tall menorah at downtown Detroit's Campus Martius Park will feature Motor City Cruise player Ryan Turell as lamplighter. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2022 While at worship, the lamplighter came by and lit the candles in the chandeliers and in so doing set them swinging. Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021 Or maybe 2019 is the year Lin-Manuel Miranda achieves his EGOT (he's already won three Tonys, three Grammys and one Emmy) playing a charismatic lamplighter in Mary Poppins Returns. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018 Lin-Manuel Miranda, who plays a London lamplighter named Jack, also made the cut. Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 5 Mar. 2018 Along with Blunt, Lin Manuel-Miranda stars as street lamplighter Jack. Tamara Fuentes, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Mar. 2018 The teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns dropped Sunday during an Oscars commercial break and introduces Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda as lamplighter Jack and Emily Blunt as the magical nanny. Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2018 Blunt is of course playing the titular character in the movie sequel, while Miranda is portraying a lamplighter called Jack. Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 30 Dec. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lamplighter was in 1750

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“Lamplighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lamplighter. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

lamplighter

noun
lamp·​light·​er ˈlam-ˌplīt-ər How to pronounce lamplighter (audio)
: one that lights a lamp
especially : a person employed to light gas streetlights
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