Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A lantern.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of lantern.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete See lantern.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic A lantern.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration (influenced by horn, of which the sides were once made) of lantern.]

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  • He lit the the lanthorn hanging on the side of the buggy. Cold Comfort Farm.

    February 19, 2013