Definition of "snuffer" [snuff•er]

• One who uses snuff. (noun)
• A candlesnuffer. (noun)
• One who snuffs out candles. (noun)
• An instrument resembling a pair of shears that is used for cutting the snuff from or for extinguishing candles. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "There they prove that we are coals enclosed on all sides under a vast snuffer, which is the sky."
• "The need of some convenient tray or receptacle for the snuffers, not always over-clean when they had been used a few times, was met at first by what are known as snuffer stands made of wrought metal, and often very ornamental."
• "Mike Sudal/The Wall Street Journal Disposable long-reach butane lighters • Disposable long-reach butane lighters—perfect for candles and fireplaces—and a long-handled brass candle snuffer to extinguish flames."