From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlamplighterlamp‧light‧er /ˈlæmpˌlaɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] BOLIGHTsomeone whose job was to light lamps in the street in the past
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lamplighter• He got a job as a lamplighter and never spoke a word against his father.• Bobby Abel, the son of a cockney lamplighter from Rotherhithe, played for Surrey from 1881 to 1904. 