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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Lamplighter

/lăm'-plītˌ-ẽr/ · Lamp·light·er · IPA /ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
01 n. One who, or that which, lights a lamp;
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, lights a lamp;
    “He made the night a little brighter Wherever he did go, The old lamplighter Of long, long ago.” — Song lyrics. (?)
  2. 2.
    The calico bass.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    A device used to light lamps.