1. a person whose job was to light and extinguish street lamps
Usage: historical
2. a device used to light lamps or candles

Examples

• The lamplighter made his rounds every evening at dusk.
• In Victorian London, lamplighters carried long poles to reach the gas lamps.
• The old lamplighter knew every street in his district by heart.
• She used a long lamplighter to reach the candles on the high shelf.
• The antique lamplighter was made of brass and wood.
• Before electric streetlights, lamplighters were essential city workers.