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
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He became the torchbearer for civil rights.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
Days later, the Red Dirt torchbearers are making good on their word.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Though a proud torchbearer for what her mother and grandmother had created, MacManus didn’t allow tradition to weigh down Cielito Lindo, as did too many of its Cal-Mex contemporaries.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Peso Pluma, the current torchbearer of the corridos tumbados movement, ignited a frenzy with his fusion of traditional corridos and urban swag.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 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 14 Sep. 2025.
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