fireman
noun/ˈfaɪɹmən/US/ˈfaɪəmən/UK
Etymology
Definitions
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
- By February 1944 there were over two thousand women employed at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company [...]. There were also female firemen on almost every shipyard crane [...].
- For firemen everywhere rescuing cats from trees has been as much a part of the job as tackling blazing buildings.
A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler…
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.
- He looked around his cab at his black greasy fireman, saying 'shovel on a little more coal, and when we cross that White Oak Mountain, you can watch Old 97 roll'.
- No grass grew under a train when the engineer let Fireman McLash take the throttle.
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
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A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
A safety inspector in coal mines.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- neighborfire brigade
- neighborfire engine
- neighborfire extinguisher
- neighborfire hose
- neighborfire hydrant
- neighborfireplug
- neighborfire station
- neighborfire truck
- neighbortillerman
- neighborstoker
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fireman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA