linkboy

English

Etymology

link (“torch, light”) +‎ boy (“man, servant”)

Noun

linkboy (plural linkboys)

  1. male servant or other attendant (regardless of age), employed to bear a torch or other light abroad at night

Synonyms

References
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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