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lamp⋅light⋅er

[lamp-lahy-ter]
–noun
1. a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, esp. those burning gas.
2. a contrivance for lighting lamps.

Origin:
1740–50; lamp + lighter
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lamp·light·er   (lāmp'lī'tər)   
n.  One that lights lamps, especially a person hired to light and extinguish gaslit streetlights.
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