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Definition of Torchbearer
1. Noun. A leader in a campaign or movement.
Definition of Torchbearer
1. n. One whose office it is to carry a torch.
Definition of Torchbearer
1. Noun. A person who carries a torch (flaming brand) ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) The leader of a campaign, or one who gives inspiration to others ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Torchbearer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torchbearer
Literary usage of Torchbearer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pausanias's Description of Greece by Pausanias, James George Frazer (1898)
"The torchbearer was one of the two chief dignitaries who officiated at the ...
The office of torchbearer was throughout the whole period of classical ..."
2. The Burden of the City by Isabelle Horton (1904)
"torchbearerS How fares it, torchbearer ? Nay, do not stay me ! ... How fares it,
torchbearer ? Well! now I fling me Flat on the turf by the side of the ..."
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