lightman

noun

lightman

noun

Etymology From light (noun) + -man.

1

A man who carries or takes care of a light.

c. 1680s?, Tom Brown, The Practical Quaker; or, the New-Lights The Stars might go to sleep a-nights, And leave their work to these new-Light The Midwife Moon might mind her Calling , And noisy Lightman leave his Bawling

Synonyms: linkboy, linkman
Related terms: lightsman

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