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torchère

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tor⋅chère

  [tawr-shair]
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–noun
1. a tall stand for a candelabrum.
2. torchiere.
Origin:
1905–10; < F, equiv. to torche torch 1 + -ère, var. of -ière, fem. of -ier -ier 2

tor⋅chiere

  [tawr-cheer]
–noun
a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.
Also, torchère, tor⋅chier.

Origin:
var. of torchère
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tor·chère   (tôr-shâr')   
n.  A usually tall floor lamp with a bowl-shaped part that diffuses the light or directs it upward.

[French, from torche, torch; see torch.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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