Linkboy

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  • n. male servant or other attendant (regardless of age), employed to bear a torch or other light abroad at night
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A boy or man who carries a link or torch to light passengers in the streets of a city.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
    • Equivalent
    linkman   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attendant    tender    attender   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    torchbearer    linkman   
     
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