lampman

Dusk-time city worker

A lampman is a worker responsible for maintaining and operating lamps, particularly in theatrical, film, or television production.

The term also historically referred to someone who tended street lamps or railway signal lamps before electric lighting became standard.

The lampman checked each fixture before the show.

occupation

streetlamp

Pole-mounted road illuminator

pole · dusk · rounds · municipal · igniter · extinguisher · maintenance · city · evening · patrol

literary

Archibald

Traditional male given name

  • CanadianNorth American northerner
  • poetryMetrical literary composition
  • verseMetered poetic passage

confederation · naturalism · landscape · pioneer · Victorian · sonnet · ode · lyric · meter · stanza

Opposites
traditional_vs_modern_lighting_trades

lampmanelectrician

Wiring installation specialist

electrical engineer · lineman

Family

lamp, lamps, lamped, lamping, lamplight, lamplighter, lamppost, lampshade, man

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G