Definition of "light-keeper" [light-keeper]

• The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "On these occasions, the light-keeper is seen in his best mood, and is the perfection of politeness and urbanity, for then a hope of reappointment is betrayed in every movement."
• "They said some of the wreckers had been arrested, and had incriminated the assistant light-keeper."
• "The light-keeper at Ediz Hook told us to-day that he had exhumed an old"