flamekeeper
nounEtymology From flame + keeper.
1
One who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).
2
Figuratively, Rare One who keeps some idea alive.
- As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity.2009 March 10, Jon Caramanica, “Stepping to the Fore as a Backup Band”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022: