flamekeeper

English

Etymology

From flame +‎ keeper.

Pronunciation

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Noun

flamekeeper (plural flamekeepers)

  1. One who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).
    Synonym: keeper of the flame
  2. (figuratively, rare) One who keeps some idea alive.
    • 2009 March 10, Jon Caramanica, “Stepping to the Fore as a Backup Band”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity.
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