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Fireman meaning in English

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Fireman

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Noun

1. fireman

play in which children pretend to put out a fire

2. fireman, stoker

a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

3. fireman, relief pitcher, reliever

a pitcher who does not start the game

4. fire fighter, fire-eater, firefighter, fireman

a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fireman

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noun plural -men
1. 
a man who fights fires, usually a public employee or trained volunteer
. Gender-neutral form: firefighter
2. 
a. 
(on steam locomotives) the man who stokes the fire and controls the injectors feeding water to the boiler
b. 
(on diesel and electric locomotives) the driver's assistant
3. 
a man who tends furnaces; stoker
4. Also called: deputy
a mine official responsible for safety precautions
. US equivalent: fire boss
5. US navy
a junior rating who works on marine engineering equipment
6. informal
any employee who is dispatched to deal with trouble at short notice

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Fireman

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfiremen (ˈfaɪrmən ; fīrˈmən)
1. 
firefighter
2. 
a person who tends a fire in a furnace or boiler
3.  US, Us Navy
an enlisted person ranking below a petty officer third class, whose general duties are concerned with ships' engines, boilers, etc.
4.  US, Baseball; Slang
a relief pitcher

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Fireman

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n.
1. A firefighter.
2. A man who tends fires; a stoker.
3. An enlisted man in the US Navy or Coast Guard engaged in the operation of engineering machinery.
4. Baseball A relief pitcher.

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