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flamekeeper

flamekeeper noun: one who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).

Noun

flamekeeper (plural flamekeepers)

  1. One who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).
  2. (figuratively, rare) One who keeps some idea alive.
    • As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity.2009 March 10, Jon Caramanica, “Stepping to the Fore as a Backup Band”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2022

Synonyms of flamekeeper

Forms of flamekeeper

pluralflamekeepers

Origin of flamekeeper

From flame + keeper.

Questions about flamekeeper

What does flamekeeper mean?
Flamekeeper means one who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).
What part of speech is flamekeeper?
Flamekeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of flamekeeper?
The plural of flamekeeper is flamekeepers.

Words near flamekeeper in the dictionary

  1. flameflower
  2. flameflowers
  3. flameful
  4. flamegraph
  5. flamegraphs
  6. flamekeeper
  7. flamekeepers
  8. Flamel
  9. flameless
  10. flamelessly
  11. flamelessness

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