fireman
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌmæn/
- Archaic
:
fogonero
- As the fireman inspected the equipment, he ensured that everything was in working order.
- Navy fireman
- fireman's hat
- fireman's helmet
Examples
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Calder found a position as a fireman on the passenger.
Academic text (1998) -
There's a fireman needed in the hold, and my cabin boy's run away on another ship.
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I could be a fireman, checking out fire-code violations.
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It provides a wealth of information, beginning with the fact that Koistinen did, as the opinion states, serve as the ship's fireman and watertender.
Academic text (2017) -
My dad was a fireman on the USS Red Oak Victory, an ammunition ship docked in Leyte Gulf.
Blog text (11) -
Should the fireman, through neglect or ignorance, allow the water level in the boilers to drop below the lowest safe point, serious damage may occur, resulting in the loss of use of the boilers and stoppage of the ship's engine.
Academic text (2017) -
The fireman skillfully controlled the flames during the emergency in the old factory.
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After the train stopped, the fireman tended to the coal fire in the locomotive's boiler.
Synonyms
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9.8
A person who tends and adds coal to a furnace on a steam train or ship
A woman who shovels coal to keep the steam engine working on a train or ship
A boy who keeps the home fire burning so people stay warm
Compounds
- Archaic
An important person who visits a place for business or official reasons
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fireman comes from the two parts fire and man and first meant a man who kept a steam engine's fire burning by shoveling coal. So the name fits the job: someone who tended the flames that made the engine run.