lamplighter ( gh silent)

[Eng. lamp, and lighter.] One whose occupation is to light the public lamps at night. called from the exclamation lampons!=let us drink, lăm-poôn', [Fr. lamp on drinking song, so frequently introduced into such songs; lamper = to drink.] A personal satire written or published; scurrilous abuse, usually of some one prominently before the public. lăm-poôn', v. t. [LAMPOON, s.] To write lampoons upon; to abuse with personal satire.