One who carries a torch. Also figurative.

A torch-bearer. In later use also: a household servant (see quots. 1803 1886). Also Nautical: a member of a South Asian ship's crew who looks after…

One who gives light, as by carrying a torch. Obsolete. rare.

a man who carries a torch, a torch-bearer; also figurative.

A torch. Also: †a torch-bearer (cf. mussalchee, n.). Also mussal torch.

attributive and in other combinations, as flambeau-bearer, flambeau-light.