candleholder

candle +‎ holder

candleholder (plural candleholders)

1. A device for holding one or more lit candles
   • 2007 September 5, “Brooklyn: Man Killed in Fall”, in New York Times‎:

     When officers arrived, the man, whose name was not released, confronted them with a metal candleholder, officials said.

   Hyponyms: candelabrum, candlestick, girandole

2. (historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.
3. (dated, by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.