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lamplighter
lamplighter
English
Noun
lamplighter (plural lamplighters)
- (historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
Derived terms
- lamplighter group (in mathematics)
Translations
a person employed to light streetlights
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References
- lamplighter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913