torchbearer
Americannoun
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a person who carries a torch.
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a leader in a movement, campaign, etc..
a torchbearer of democracy.
noun
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a person or thing that carries a torch
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a person who leads or inspires
Etymology
Origin of torchbearer
Example Sentences
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Torchbearers Zhao Jiawen and Dinigeer Yilamujiang hold the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony.
From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2022
Torchbearers will pass through all 92 counties before the event ends Oct.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2016
Torchbearers Philip Jones, 60, from York, and Harrogate's 16-year-old Scott Stockdale will take their torches along part of the walls, which stretch for two-and-a-half miles.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2012
Torchbearers continuing the sporting theme will be TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher and British boxer Amir Khan will complete the final leg of the day.
From BBC • May 31, 2012
Torchbearers, dressed in traditional Montenegrin costume—loose-fitting white pants and shirt and a colorful green vest—lined the isthmus leading out to a well-appointed hotel called the Maestral, which had once been a thirteenth-century medieval fort.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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