lamplighter /ˈlæmpˌlaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ noun3 •(historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.1,000 crossing-sweepers; another thousand chimney-sweeps, and the same number of turncocks and lamp-lighters — 1851 •(historical) Any device or contrivance for lighting lamps, such as a length of paper to be set alight at one end. •A kind of tall bicycle. formslamplighters