lighthouse keeper

collocation in English

meaningsoflighthouseandkeeper

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lighthouse
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪt.haʊs/us
/ˈlaɪt.haʊs/
a tall building near the coast or shore with a flashing light at the top to warn ships of rocks and ...
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keeper
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkiː.pər/us
/ˈkiː.pɚ/
a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuable objects, a ...
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(Definition oflighthouseandkeeperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflighthouse keeper

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The only other advertisement is for alighthousekeeper.
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Thelighthousekeeperestimated visibility to be 15 to 20 m at most.
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I have spoken repeatedly to thelighthousekeeper, who is still there.
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Who would want to live in a lighthouse except alighthousekeeper?
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Not even the coastguard or thelighthousekeeperwill be aware of its being in a certain spot, and who can deny my interpretation as captain of the ship?
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It was operated by a part-timelighthousekeeper.
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In 1911, it was only populated by thelighthousekeeperand his family.
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Look for thelighthousekeeperand inform him of your intentions.
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She also finds a photograph of what she thinks is thelighthousekeeperand along the beach, she also finds the psychologist barely alive.
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Many of its inhabitants died, including thelighthousekeeperand many sailors.
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For a long time, the island's only inhabitant was alighthousekeeper.
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For the operation's continuity, thelighthousekeeperhas to pull it up by rewinding the chain.
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Other duties of thelighthousekeeperincluded keeping a log of passing ships, noting the weather conditions, and organizing rescue efforts.
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The station was fully automated in 1989, and the lastlighthousekeeperdeparted.
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The life of alighthousekeeperwas a dangerous one.
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Meanwhile, thelighthousekeeperhas been trapped by his cousins.
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The clock in the lighthouse was remembered (by the family of thelighthousekeeper) as indicating 2 p.m.
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She was born in 1931 to alighthousekeeper.
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