n. One who or that which lights or illuminates; specifically, a torch or an electric device for lighting candles or gasjets. A simple form of lighter is a strip of paper rolled into a tapering tube.n. plural Blinkers for a horse.n. A boat or vessel, commonly an open flat-bottomed barge, but sometimes decked, used in lightening or unloading and also in loading ships, and for receiving and transporting for short distances passengers or goods, or materials of any kind, usually in a harbor.To convey or transport in or as in a lighter, as goods or cargo.To be employed in the business of transporting goods by means of a lighter.n. Same as lafter.