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(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.

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lamplighter

Source Word

lamplighter

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

historical

(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.

Japanese Meaning

歴史的に、夕暮れに街灯に火を付け、夜明けに消すために雇われた人物

夕暮れが訪れると、夕方に街灯に明かりを灯し夜明けに消す仕事をしている人は巡回して、一本ずつガス灯に火をつけて通り全体が輝くまで続けた。

Sense（1）

(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.

1,000 crossing-sweepers; another thousand chimney-sweeps, and the same number of turncocks and lamp-lighters;

lamplighters

（ plural ）