Definition of lamplighter in English:
lamplighter
noun ˈlamplʌɪtəˈlæmpˌlaɪdər
historical A person employed to light street gaslights by hand.
Example sentencesExamples
- Elevator operators, typesetters, and airplane navigators have followed milkmaids and lamplighters into oblivion.
- The poignant opening is a description of him as a child, fascinated by moving light, watching the lamplighter come up the street lighting the lamps.
- A bit before the sun broke upon the horizon, the lamplighter put out the lamps that lined the streets.
- These days they want to know about the history of people who were not kings or queens, but weavers and miners, felling hands and lamplighters.
- At dusk the lamplighter would go along on his bicycle carrying matches and a ladder over his shoulder.
Definition of lamplighter in US English:
lamplighter
nounˈlampˌlīdərˈlæmpˌlaɪdər
historical A person employed to light street gaslights by hand.
Example sentencesExamples
- At dusk the lamplighter would go along on his bicycle carrying matches and a ladder over his shoulder.
- These days they want to know about the history of people who were not kings or queens, but weavers and miners, felling hands and lamplighters.
- The poignant opening is a description of him as a child, fascinated by moving light, watching the lamplighter come up the street lighting the lamps.
- Elevator operators, typesetters, and airplane navigators have followed milkmaids and lamplighters into oblivion.
- A bit before the sun broke upon the horizon, the lamplighter put out the lamps that lined the streets.