点てん灯とう夫ふてんとうふMeanings1nounlamplighterHistorical occupation: a town employee who lit and maintained oil or gas streetlights before electric lighting became widespread.19世せい紀きのロンドンでは、点てん灯とう夫ふが毎まい夕ゆう街がい灯とうに火ひを灯ともしていた。In 19th-century London, lamplighters lit the streetlamps every evening.
