candleholder

Definitions

1. A device for holding one or more lit candles
2. A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.
   historical
3. One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.
   broadly, dated

Equivalents

Examples

“When officers arrived, the man, whose name⟳ was not released, confronted them with a metal candleholder, officials said.”

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