fireman in English dictionary

  • fireman

    Meanings and definitions of "fireman"

    • (firefighting) Someone (implied male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
    • (rail transport) A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive.
    • ca. 1913 The wreck of Old 97 [ballad, (US, Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains)], verse 3:
    • (rail transport) By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
    • (baseball) A relief pitcher.
    • noun
      (firefighting)
      Someone (implied male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
    • noun
      (rail transport)
      A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive.
    • noun
      (rail transport)
      By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
    • noun
      (baseball)
      A relief pitcher.
    • A person who is trained to put out fires.
    • (Edo-period) fireman
    • fireman
    • male fireman
    • man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler
    • assistant on any locomotive
    • noun
      a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
    • noun
      a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
    • noun
      a pitcher who does not start the game
    • noun
      play in which children pretend to put out a fire

    Synonyms of "fireman" in English dictionary

    jack, relief pitcher, fire-eater are the top synonyms of "fireman" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of fireman

    • fireman ( plural  firemen)
    • fireman (plural firemen)
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