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A person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light together with its optics and mechanisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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the keeper of a lighthouse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: custodian, keeper, steward
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
torrer
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Catalan:
torrera
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Catalan:
torredà
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Catalan:
torredana
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Chinese Mandarin:
燈塔看守人 /灯塔看守人
(dēngtǎ kānshǒurén)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Danish:
fyrmester
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Dutch:
vuurtorenwachter
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Dutch:
vuurtorenwachtster
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Esperanto:
lumturisto
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Esperanto:
gardisto de lumturo
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Estonian:
tuletornivaht
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Estonian:
majakavaht
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Faroese:
vitavørður
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Finnish:
majakanvartija
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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French:
gardien de phare
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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French:
gardienne de phare
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Galician:
fareiro
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Galician:
fareira
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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German:
Leuchtfeuerwärter
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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German:
Leuchtfeuerwärterin
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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German:
Leuchtturmwärter
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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German:
Leuchtturmwärterin
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Bavarian German:
Leichtfeiaweata
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Greek:
φαροφύλακας
(farofýlakas)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Hebrew:
שומר מגדלור \ שׁוֹמֵר מִגְדַּלּוֹר
(shomér migdalór)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Icelandic:
vitavørður
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Irish:
coimeádaí teach solais
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Italian:
farista
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Italian:
guardiano del faro
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Italian:
guardiana del faro
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Japanese:
灯台守
(tōdaimori)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Korean:
등대지기
(deungdaejigi)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Lithuanian:
švỹturininkas
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Lithuanian:
švỹturininkė
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Macedonian:
светилничар
(svetilničar)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fyrvokter
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fyrvaktar
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Polish:
latarnik
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Polish:
latarniczka
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Portuguese:
faroleiro
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Portuguese:
faroleira
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Portuguese:
guarda de farol
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Romanian:
paznic de far
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Russian:
смотри́тель маяка́
(smotrítelʹ majaká)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Serbo-Croatian:
светионичар
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Serbo-Croatian:
свјетионичар
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Serbo-Croatian:
svetioničar
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Serbo-Croatian:
svjetioničar
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Slovene:
svetilničar
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Lower Sorbian:
swěśakaŕ
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Lower Sorbian:
swětlakaŕ
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Upper Sorbian:
swětłownik
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Spanish:
farero
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Spanish:
farera
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Spanish:
torrero
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Spanish:
torrera
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Swedish:
fyrvaktare
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Tagalog:
bantay-parola
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Turkish:
fenerci
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Ottoman Turkish:
فنارجی
(fenarcı, fenerci)
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
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Welsh:
ceidwad goleudy
— person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light