lighthousekeeper

See also: lighthouse keeper

English

Alternative forms

• lighthouse-keeper

Etymology

From lighthouse +‎ keeper.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /laɪt.haʊs kiːpə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /laɪt.haʊs kiːpɚ/

Noun

lighthousekeeper (plural lighthousekeepers)

1. Alternative form of lighthouse keeper.
   • 1994, Antonio Tabucchi, Requiem: A Hallucination:

     Because she was from the Alentejo, remarked the Lighthousekeeper's Wife, that's why she could do sopa alentejana.

   • 2003, Peter Ridgway Watt, Joseph Green, The Alternative Sherlock Holmes:

     After this sparkling gambit, Wilson tells Holmes he has taken up the job of lighthouse-keeper at Little-Tooting-by-the-Sea, which illuminates a passage between the mainland and the island of Uffa, [...]

   • 2006, Philip Tew, Rod Mengham, British Fiction Today:

     Lighthouse keeping is narrated by an orphan named Silver, who on the death of her parents is adopted by Pew, a blind lighthousekeeper in the imaginary Scottish town of Salts.

   • 2010, Carl MacDougall, The Devil and the Giro:

     But I heroworship lighthousekeepers. No. Envy is closer. Or maybe jealousy.