torch-bearern.

Brit.

/ˈtɔːtʃˌbɛːrə/, U.S.

/ˈtɔrtʃˌbɛrər/

Forms: see torch n. and bearer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: torch n., bearer n.

Etymology: < torch n. + bearer n.

One who carries a torch. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries

torch-bearer1538

mussalchee1610

torchera1616

torch-mana1618

mussal1852

flambeau-bearer1859

torch-carrier1864

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > pioneering or breaking new ground > a pioneer

pioneer1605

outstarter1738

advance guard1759

path-breaker1843

pathfinder1847

torch-bearer1847

path-hewer1879

pacesetter1895

pacemaker1905

trail-blazer1908

style-setter1959

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Facularii, torche bearers.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vi. 40 Descend, for you must be my torch-bearer .

1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. xi. 140 As if all that are made Priests among you were Psalmists, Sextons, Readers, Exorcists, Torch-bearers, Subdeacons, and Deacons before.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxii. 66 Twelve sandall'd monks, who reliques bore, With many a torch-bearer before.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxii. 272 The enterprising mariners who inhabited it had been the torch-bearers of Grecian geographical discovery in the west.

1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. G. Baldeschi Ceremonial Rom. Rite 189 The Torch-bearers having genuflected, consign their torches to the first they meet in choir.

Derivatives

ˈtorch-ˌbearing n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. xxi. 175 There he saw torch-bearing in day-light, at mass.

1881 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens ii. 88 No torch-bearing maid of battle, like Clotilde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	torch-bearer
释义	torch-bearern. Brit. /ˈtɔːtʃˌbɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈtɔrtʃˌbɛrər/ Forms: see torch n. and bearer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: torch n., bearer n. Etymology: < torch n. + bearer n. One who carries a torch. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries torch-bearer1538 mussalchee1610 torchera1616 torch-mana1618 mussal1852 flambeau-bearer1859 torch-carrier1864 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > pioneering or breaking new ground > a pioneer pioneer1605 outstarter1738 advance guard1759 path-breaker1843 pathfinder1847 torch-bearer1847 path-hewer1879 pacesetter1895 pacemaker1905 trail-blazer1908 style-setter1959 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Facularii, torche bearers. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vi. 40 Descend, for you must be my torch-bearer . View more context for this quotation 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. xi. 140 As if all that are made Priests among you were Psalmists, Sextons, Readers, Exorcists, Torch-bearers, Subdeacons, and Deacons before. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxii. 66 Twelve sandall'd monks, who reliques bore, With many a torch-bearer before. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxii. 272 The enterprising mariners who inhabited it had been the torch-bearers of Grecian geographical discovery in the west. 1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. G. Baldeschi Ceremonial Rom. Rite 189 The Torch-bearers having genuflected, consign their torches to the first they meet in choir. Derivatives ˈtorch-ˌbearing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. xxi. 175 There he saw torch-bearing in day-light, at mass. 1881 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens ii. 88 No torch-bearing maid of battle, like Clotilde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538
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