Word Meanings - TORCHBEARER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One whose office it is to carry a torch.

Related words: (words related to TORCHBEARER)

• WHOSESOEVER
  The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• CARRYK
  A carack. Chaucer.
• TORCH RACE
  A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece.
• CARRYALL
  A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
• WHOSE
  The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• TORCHWOOD
  The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• TORCHON LACE
  a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.
• CARRYTALE
  A talebearer. Shak.
• TORCHBEARER
  One whose office it is to carry a torch.
• CARRY
  1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. When he dieth he small carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. Another carried the intelligence
• TORCHWORT
  The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.
• TORCHER
  One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch. Shak.
• CARRYING
  The act or business of transporting from one place to another. Carrying place, a carry; a portage. -- Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. We are rivals with
• TORCHLIGHT
  The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.
• TORCHON PAPER
  Paper with a rough surface; esp., handmade paper of great hardness for the use of painters in water colors.
• TORCH
  A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame. They light the nuptial torch. Milton. Torch thistle. See under Thistle. (more info) probably from
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• SCARRY
  Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
• MISCARRY
  1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak. 2. To bring forth young
• OVERCARRY
  To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.
• WATER TORCH
  The common cat-tail , the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.