candleholder

noun3

1. •
   A device for holding one or more lit candles

   • When officers arrived, the man, whose name was not released, confronted them with a metal candleholder, officials said. — 2007
2. •
   (historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.
3. •
   (old-fashioned) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.