Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lamplighter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamplighter \Lamp"light`er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who
lights street lamps.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The calico bass.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamplighter
n : (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and
extinguishes streetlights
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