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Lighthouse keeper   /lˈaɪthˌaʊs kˈipər/   Listen
Lighthouse keeper

noun
1.
The keeper of a lighthouse.






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"Lighthouse keeper" Quotes from Famous Books



... I wanted to talk to you. Ah! that fellow has some continuity and force. Nothing will put an end to him. But never mind that. There's something inexplicable going on—or perhaps only too easy to explain. You know, Linda is practically the lighthouse keeper of the Great Isabel light. The Garibaldino is too old now. His part is to clean the lamps and to cook in the house; but he can't get up the stairs any longer. The black-eyed Linda sleeps all day and watches the light all night. Not all day, though. She is up towards five ...
— Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard • Joseph Conrad

... I called the attention of Colonel Bisset and the lighthouse keeper Hopson to the distance of the vessels at the time of the capture, as it was probable we should be called upon to give our evidence respecting the affair, and we took a note of the time ...
— The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter • Raphael Semmes



Words linked to "Lighthouse keeper" :   custodian, keeper, steward



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