A man employed to carry a torch.
1716. Gay, Trivia, III. 139. Though thou art tempted by the link-man’s Call Yet trust him not along the lonely Wall.
1762. Gentl. Mag., 596. A remarkable robbery was committed near Moor-fields by a linkman.
1851. D. Jerrold, St. Giles, v. 44. A ballad-singer may hold his head up with a linkman any day.
1881. Census Instr. (1885), 31. Linkman.
1898. Daily Tel., 13 Jan., 7/3. To receive two and six each for acting as linkmen at a wedding.
