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lightmen

lightmen is the plural of lightman.

Meaning of lightman

Noun

lightman (plural lightmen)

  1. A man who carries or takes care of a light.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    linkboy, linkman

Questions about lightmen

What is lightmen the plural of?
Lightmen is the plural of lightman.

Words near lightmen in the dictionary

  1. lightmans
  2. lightmap
  3. lightmapped
  4. lightmapping
  5. lightmaps
  6. lightmen
  7. lightmeter
  8. lightmeters
  9. lightminded
  10. lightmindedly
  11. lightmindedness

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