Archaic lantern
Origin of lanthorn
altered by folk etymology from lantern, by associated, association with horn, material once used for the sideslanthorn
lant·horn
noun
The definition of a lanthorn is an old British word that is defined as lantern.
An example of a lanthorn is a portable lighting device which was made with reflectors which were made from translucent sheets of horn.
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lanthorn
noun
Chiefly BritishA lantern.
Origin of lanthorn
Alteration (influenced by horn of which the sides were once made )of lanternTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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