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dark-lantern

dark-lantern is the alternative form of dark lantern.

Meaning of dark lantern

Noun

dark lantern (plural dark lanterns)

  1. (historical) A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light.
    • “Yes,” continued the valet, “and sigh his soul to the last puff unobserved, liked the dying flame in a dark lanthorn.”1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 37
    Synonyms:
    blind lantern

Forms of dark-lantern

pluraldark-lanterns

Questions about dark-lantern

What is dark-lantern the alternative form of?
Dark-lantern is the alternative form of dark lantern.

Words near dark-lantern in the dictionary

  1. dark-eyed junco
  2. dark-eyed juncos
  3. dark-haired
  4. dark-hearted
  5. dark-horse
  6. dark-lantern
  7. dark-lanterns
  8. dark-lanthorn
  9. dark-lanthorns
  10. dark-necked tailorbird
  11. dark-side

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dark-lantern (page history and authors); dark lantern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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