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dark-lanthorn

dark-lanthorn is the obsolete spelling 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-lanthorn

pluraldark-lanthorns

Questions about dark-lanthorn

What is dark-lanthorn the obsolete spelling of?
Dark-lanthorn is the obsolete spelling of dark lantern.

Words near dark-lanthorn in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dark-lanthorn (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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