lampiste

French

Etymology

From lampe +‎ -iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.pist/

• Audio:

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Noun

lampiste m (plural lampistes)

1. (archaic) lampmaker, an artisan who makes and sells lamps
2. a person charged with maintaining oil or kerosene lamps in an establishment (such as a monastery, theater, boarding home)
3. (mining, railroad) a worker responsible for maintaining lamps and for issuing them from the lamp room at the start of a shift; lampman
4. (figuratively) fall guy (worker who bears the blame or punishment for a superior's failure or misdeed)

Further reading

• Annales des mines, partie administrative, ou Recueil de lois, décrets, arrètés et autres actes concernant les mines et usines, Tome IV, 370
• “lampiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

lampiste f

1. plural of lampista

Anagrams

• palmiste