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noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
originEtymology tree French flambe Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Middle French -eau French -eau French flambeaubor. English flambeau Borrowed from French flambeau.
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