torchbearer
noun
torch·bear·er
ˈtȯrch-ˌber-ər 
1
: one that carries a torch
2
: someone in the forefront of a campaign, crusade, or movement
Examples of torchbearer in a Sentence
He became the torchbearer for civil rights.
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Snoop also served as a torchbearer for the Olympic flame ahead of the Opening Ceremony.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
Giancarlo Peris, a runner who in was the final torchbearer for the Rome Olympic Games in 1960, handed the lantern with the Olympic Flame to President of Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, Giovanni Malagò, to light the cauldron.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Kulechov is one of DeFi’s torchbearers.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Next month, Slater will be back on the road with Lifeguard on a run of dates opening for fellow Matador Records torchbearers Bar Italia.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
Giancarlo Peris, a runner who in was the final torchbearer for the Rome Olympic Games in 1960, handed the lantern with the Olympic Flame to President of Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, Giovanni Malagò, to light the cauldron.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Kulechov is one of DeFi’s torchbearers.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Next month, Slater will be back on the road with Lifeguard on a run of dates opening for fellow Matador Records torchbearers Bar Italia.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for torchbearer
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“Torchbearer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torchbearer. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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