Definition of "lamplighter" [lamp•light•er]

• One that lights lamps, especially a person hired to light and extinguish gaslit streetlights. (noun)

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• "To the cold and weary citizens out on the streets back then, the lamplighter is a very comforting sight."
• "The lamplighter was usually a tall man, a character, and his position was considered an important one."
• "Did you not see it? he bellowed at Laurie, our lamplighter."