Definitions for torchbearers

torchbearers torch·bear·er

Spelling: [tawrch-bair-er]
IPA: /ˈtɔrtʃˌbɛər ər/

Torchbearers is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1241 anagrams from letters in torchbearers (abceehorrrst).

Definitions for torchbearers

noun

  1. a person who carries a torch.
  2. a leader in a movement, campaign, etc.:

Origin of torchbearers

First recorded in 1530-40; torch1 + bearer

Examples for torchbearers

He was also, in his own unique way, a torchbearer for racial equality.

The crier and torchbearer were important functionaries at the celebration of the Eleusinian mysteries.

He gathered up the tools of his trade, and motioned to his torchbearer to go before.

It was his inner core that made him a torchbearer of ideals.

Word Value for torchbearers
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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