fireman
(noun) play in which children pretend to put out a fire
fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater
(noun) a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
reliever, relief pitcher, fireman
(noun) a pitcher who does not start the game
stoker, fireman
(noun) a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fireman (plural firemen)
(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
(rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
(rail transport) By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
(baseball) A relief pitcher.
(mining, historical) A safety inspector in coal mines.
• (firefighting): Historically only a man, but now used to refer to female firefighters as well. In modern usage, the gender-inclusive term firefighter is generally preferred.
• (rail transport): This term is commonly used for both males and females, firewoman is rarer in this sense.
• (firefighting): firefighter, smoke eater
• (firefighting): firewoman; hotshot, smokejumper
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Source: Wiktionary
Fire"man, n.; pl. Firemen (-men).
1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.
2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 February 2025
(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
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