torchbearer

IPA: tˈɔrtʃbˈɛrɝ

A person who carries a torch (flaming brand).
(by extension) The leader of a campaign, or one who gives inspiration to others.

Examples of "torchbearer" in Sentences

It was the torchbearer for all other situation comedies in the history of television.
Wyatt also said he wants to be not only a "torchbearer" for his constituency, but also the Aboriginal community.
On the evidence of this book, however, Waldman is simply not bad enough to be our modern-day bad mother torchbearer.
Ride back north, from Rantum, but bypass Westerland, and head east to the village of Keitum, the island's torchbearer of the local North Frisian ways.
A Mayor elected after promising to slash council spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct services is the torchbearer for how towns should be run.
Because of the desire to pass through so many towns and villages, and feature so many picturesque landmarks, the procession will only be in "torchbearer mode" for 60% of the time.
Gadhafi adopted grandiose titles over the years—"Imam of all Muslims," "Dean of Arab Rulers," "King of Africa's Kings"—he still views himself first as the torchbearer and guardian of a revolution that has put Libya on the map.