torch-bearern.
/ˈtɔːtʃˌbɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈtɔrtʃˌbɛrər/ 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