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flambeau

American  
[flam-boh] / ˈflæm boʊ /

noun

plural

flambeaux, flambeaus

  1. a flaming torch.

  2. a torch for use at night in illuminations, processions, etc.

  3. a large, decorated candlestick.

  4. an ornament having the form of a flaming torch.

flambeau British  
/ ˈflæmbəʊ /

noun

  1. a burning torch, as used in night processions

  2. a large ornamental candlestick

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Etymology

Origin of flambeau

1625–35; < French: torch, derivative of Old French flambe flame

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Example Sentences

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

S'il est encor là-bas des caves de mystère Où tout flambeau s'éteint ou recule effaré, Plutôt que d'en peupler les coins par des chimères Nous préférons ne point savoir que nous leurrer.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan

—The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

The princes applaud with a furious joy; And the king seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way,23 To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

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