Definition of Fireman

1. Noun. Play in which children pretend to put out a fire.

Generic synonyms: Child's Play, Play

2. Noun. A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship).
Exact synonyms: Stoker
Generic synonyms: Jack, Laborer, Labourer, Manual Laborer
Derivative terms: Stoke

3. Noun. A pitcher who does not start the game.
Exact synonyms: Relief Pitcher, Reliever
Specialized synonyms: Closer, Finisher
Generic synonyms: Hurler, Pitcher, Twirler
Derivative terms: Relieve

4. Noun. A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires.
Exact synonyms: Fire Fighter, Fire-eater, Firefighter
Group relationships: Fire Department
Generic synonyms: Defender, Guardian, Protector, Shielder
Specialized synonyms: Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Fire Warden, Forest Fire Fighter, Ranger

Definition of Fireman

1. n. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

Definition of Fireman

1. Noun. (firefighting) Someone (implied male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire. ¹

2. Noun. (rail transport) A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive. ¹

3. Noun. (rail transport) By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not. ¹

4. Noun. (baseball) A relief pitcher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fireman

1. a man employed to extinguish fires [n FIREMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireman

fireless
firelessly
firelessness
firelight
firelighter
firelighters
firelights
firelike
fireline
firelines
firelit
firelock
firelocks
firelog
firelogs
fireman (current term)
fireman's ax
fireman's axe
fireman's carry
firemanic
firemanship
firemark
firemarks
firemaster
firemen
firepan
firepans
firepeople
fireperson
firepersons

Literary usage of Fireman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"505; —$10000—locomotive fireman—plaintiff incapacitated to do manual labor, ... The following verdict for injuries incapacitating a locomotive fireman for ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Railroads <3=267 — Engineer and fireman liable for failure to give statutory ... As the statute requires tbe engineer and fireman of a train to blow the ..."

3. Spontaneous and Supervised Play in Childhood by Alice Corbin Sies (1922)
"CHAPTER X PLAYING fireman Why Children Play fireman. — Probably no single r61e is so frequently dramatized among groups of young children as that of fireman ..."

4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1905)
"fireman of Ferryboat Injured—Engineer with Authority to Discharge. ... 165, it ia held that the fireman and engineer of a ferryboat are fellow servant? ..."

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