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lanternmen

lanternmen is the plural of lanternman.

Meaning of lanternman

Noun

lanternman (plural lanternmen)

  1. (historical) The (male) operator of a magic lantern.
    Synonyms:
    lanternist
  2. (historical) A man hired to light a person through the streets.

Questions about lanternmen

What is lanternmen the plural of?
Lanternmen is the plural of lanternman.

Words near lanternmen in the dictionary

  1. lanternless
  2. lanternlight
  3. lanternlights
  4. lanternlike
  5. lanternman
  6. lanternmen
  7. lanterns
  8. lanterns of the dead
  9. lanternshark
  10. lanternsharks
  11. LANTFLT

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lanternmen (page history and authors); lanternman (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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