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boilerman

noun

Etymology

From boiler + man.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. formed as boilerman — “boiler + man”

Definitions

  1. A person who tends the fire for a steam engine.

    • When the war in Korea began he was recalled by the Navy, serving as a boilerman technician. He came to New York in 1952, joined the Actors Studio and began to get parts both onstage and in films.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA