Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
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Examples
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								The old light-keeper was launching his boat to cross over to the spit, and we turned to him for an explanation. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton 
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								They said some of the wreckers had been arrested, and had incriminated the assistant light-keeper. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Victor [pseud.] Appleton 
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								On these occasions, the light-keeper is seen in his best mood, and is the perfection of politeness and urbanity, for then a hope of reappointment is betrayed in every movement. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Various 
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								The light-keeper at Ediz Hook told us to-day that he had exhumed an old Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton 
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								With eyes mostly on the oil-clothed floor, the light-keeper would smoke and yarn unhurriedly. Wide Courses 1912 
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								What was it that the light-keeper was hiding from the world? The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907 
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								Still the rain and the wind, and no visitors at the ropes, not even the light-keeper. Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907 
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								The light-keeper shut off his laughter by a sudden and rather frightened gulp. Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907 
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								The light-keeper was "spying" again, was watching to see if he violated his contract. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907 
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								Brown and the light-keeper lifted the box into the back part of the The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907 
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