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Definition of flambeau in English English dictionary
- A burning torch, especially one carried in procession
- {n} a lighted torch
- {i} lit torch; large ornamented candlestick
- A flaming torch, esp
- one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch
- a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
- flambeaux
- plural of flambeau
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[ 'flam-"bO ] (noun.) 1632. From French, see belowResimler
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