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lanthorn definition

lant·horn (lan′tərn)

noun

Archaic lantern

Etymology: altered by folk etym. < lantern, by assoc. with horn, material once used for the sides

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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