Meaning of FIREMAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'fIrmun
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- [n] play in which children take the roles of firemen and pretend to put out a fire
- [n] a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
- [n] a pitcher who does not start the game
- [n] a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
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| | Synonyms: | | fire fighter, fire-eater, firefighter, relief pitcher, reliever, stoker |
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| | See Also: | | child's play, defender, fire chief, fire department, fire marshal, guardian, hurler, jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, pitcher, play, protector, shielder, twirler | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | baggage man, bakehead, black gang, boilerman, brakeman, brakie, bungs, butcher, cabin boy, chips, commissary steward, complement, conductor, deckhand, deckie, dispatcher, fire brigade, fire department, fire fighter, fire warden, fire-chaser, fire-eater, footplate man, forest fire fighter, guard, gun loader, gunner, hand, hospital steward, landing signalman, lineman, mail orderly, navigator, oiler, porter, purser, radio operator, railroad man, railroader, redcap, roustabout, smoke agent, smokechaser, smokejumper, snip, snips, sparks, stationmaster, steward, stewardess, stoker, switchman, torpedoman, trainboy, trainman, trainmaster, vamp, volunteer fireman, watch, yardman, yardmaster, yeoman |
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