Phrase guide

lighthouse keeper

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the keeper of a lighthouse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: custodian, keeper, steward

History

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Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: torrer — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Catalan: torrera — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Catalan: torredà — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Catalan: torredana — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燈塔看守人 /灯塔看守人 (dēngtǎ kānshǒurén) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Danish: fyrmester — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Dutch: vuurtorenwachter — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Dutch: vuurtorenwachtster — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Esperanto: lumturisto — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Esperanto: gardisto de lumturo — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Estonian: tuletornivaht — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Estonian: majakavaht — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Faroese: vitavørður — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Finnish: majakanvartija — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • French: gardien de phare — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • French: gardienne de phare — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Galician: fareiro — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Galician: fareira — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • German: Leuchtfeuerwärter — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • German: Leuchtfeuerwärterin — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • German: Leuchtturmwärter — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • German: Leuchtturmwärterin — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Bavarian German: Leichtfeiaweata — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Greek: φαροφύλακας (farofýlakas) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Hebrew: שומר מגדלור \ שׁוֹמֵר מִגְדַּלּוֹר (shomér migdalór) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Icelandic: vitavørður — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Irish: coimeádaí teach solais — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Italian: farista — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Italian: guardiano del faro — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Italian: guardiana del faro — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Japanese: 灯台守 (tōdaimori) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Korean: 등대지기 (deungdaejigi) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Lithuanian: švỹturininkas — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Lithuanian: švỹturininkė — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Macedonian: светилничар (svetilničar) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fyrvokter — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fyrvaktar — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Polish: latarnik — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Polish: latarniczka — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Portuguese: faroleiro — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Portuguese: faroleira — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Portuguese: guarda de farol — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Romanian: paznic de far — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Russian: смотри́тель маяка́ (smotrítelʹ majaká) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Serbo-Croatian: светионичар — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Serbo-Croatian: свјетионичар — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetioničar — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjetioničar — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Slovene: svetilničar — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Lower Sorbian: swěśakaŕ — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Lower Sorbian: swětlakaŕ — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Upper Sorbian: swětłownik — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Spanish: farero — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Spanish: farera — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Spanish: torrero — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Spanish: torrera — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Swedish: fyrvaktare — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Tagalog: bantay-parola — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Turkish: fenerci — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Ottoman Turkish: فنارجی (fenarcı, fenerci) — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light
  • Welsh: ceidwad goleudy — person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light