torchbearer in English

noun
1
a person who carries a ceremonial torch.

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1. Standing on the steps, the First Presidency welcomed the flame from torchbearer Carrie Snoddy of Park City, Utah.

2. How muted was the reaction to Beady Eye's 2011 debut Different Gear, Still Speeding?It was so underwhelming -- and so clearly overshadowed by rival Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds later in 2011 -- that even Liam Gallagher, that torchbearer of everything that's real in rock & roll, agreed it was time for a new set of threads, so he and the rest of the gang turned to somebody unexpected