Standard Lemma guide

lightman

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: L AY1 T M AH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A man who carries or takes care of a light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1680s?, Tom Brown, The Practical Quaker; or, the New-Lights The Stars might go to sleep a-nights, And leave their work to these new-Light The Midwife Moon might mind her Calling , And noisy Lightman leave his Bawling

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From light (noun) + -man.