torchbearer

3 definitions found

torchbearer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Torchbearer \Torch"bear`er\, n.
     One whose office it is to carry a torch.
     [1913 Webster]

torchbearer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  torchbearer
      n 1: a leader in a campaign or movement

torchbearer - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "torchbearer":
     Mahdi, bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, born leader,
     charismatic leader, choirmaster, choragus, conductor, coryphaeus,
     duce, file leader, forerunner, fugleman, inspired leader, leader,
     leader of men, messiah, pacemaker, pacesetter, precentor,
     ringleader, standard-bearer, symphonic conductor