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lanthorn

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lant⋅horn

  [lant-hawrn, lan-tern]
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–noun Archaic.
lantern.
Origin:
1580–90; alter. by folk etym. (lanterns formerly had reflectors made of translucent sheets of horn)
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lant·horn   (lānt'hôrn', lān'tərn)   
n.   Chiefly British
A lantern.

[Alteration (influenced by horn, of which the sides were once made) of lantern.]
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