Flamekeeper

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who tends a fire that must be kept burning (in various pagan practices).
  2. 2
    One who keeps some idea alive. figuratively, rare

    "As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity."

Synonyms

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keeper of the flame

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"As the genre has shifted and evolved around — and in many ways beyond — them, they have remained committed to a role as flamekeeper of a certain strain of hip-hop authenticity."

Etymology

From flame + keeper.

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