lightman

English

Etymology

From light (noun) +‎ -man.

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

 

Anagrams

• Tilghman