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Date "CANDLE-HOLDER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Candle-holder An abettor. The reference is to the practice of holding a candle in the Catholic Church for the reader, and in ordinary life to light a workman when he requires more light. "I'll be candle-holder and look on."- Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, i. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Auxiliary | Aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal; right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer; candle-holder, bottle-holder; handmaid; servant; puppet, cat's-paw, jackal. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "CANDLE-HOLDER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CANDLE-HOLDER" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CANDLE-HOLDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | castiçal (branch light, candlestick), segundo (according, after, from, next but one, out, second), protetor (calkin, clout, defensive, friend, guard, guardian, keeper, nurse, patron, protective, protector, second, shield, tutelar, upholder), padrinho (godfather, second, sponsor), auxiliar (accessorial, accomodate, adjunct, adjuvant, aid, ancillary, assist, assistant, auxilary, auxiliary, avail, back, cad, favor, favour, friend, hand, handy man, help, helper, lend a hand, minister, ministerial, patronize, preventer, protect, relieve, second, secondary, subsidiary, succor, succour, support), ajudante (accessary, acolyte, adjutant, aid, aide, assistant, handy man, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, improver, second, subsidiary). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: candleholder. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-h-l-l-n-o-r" | |
-2 letters: chandelled, decahedron, landholder. | |
-3 letters: chandelle, chlordane, cordelled, rehandled. | |
-4 letters: adherend, anchored, calender, carolled, cellared, chaldron, chandler, chlordan, coheaded, colander, coleader, collared, conelrad, cordelle, credenda, deaconed, declared, dehorned, drenched, enhaloed, enrolled, hardened, heralded, hollered, landlord, oleander, recalled, recoaled, rehandle, reloaded, reloaned, rondelle. | |
-5 letters: adhered, adorned, cadelle, caldron, candled, candler, caroled, celadon, chalone, charnel, cheddar, chloral. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-h-l-l-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: candleholders. | |
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