fireman
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌmæn/
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bombero
- The fireman bravely entered the burning building to rescue those trapped inside.
Children play prisoners and children play firemen and victims and doctors and patients.
- Children play prisoners and children play firemen and victims and doctors and patients.
- And at that moment a fireman arrived and said, follow me.
- So a friend of mine, Jonathan, he's a fireman and a knife maker.
- I got it between firemen who knew each other, who had worked together.
- So anyway, he, he was a fireman.
- Don't slap the fire hose away from the fireman.
- So how did you segue from uni studying sports science to becoming a fireman?
- We saw the first thing the firemen did after the towers fell was put up the flag.
- And when I went in, I, I went in, it was, it was that same scene with the firemen that they're talking to the news reporters.
- Landscaper, septic tank pumper, chimney sweep, house painter and most important, volunteer fireman.
- And I got all the ways to a fire station, and the fire station garage door was open and there was a fireman and he was working on a fire truck.
- Because how a fireman can leave home disregarding the possibility can be the last day.
- And I'll be Grammy and you be Tommy Tomasi, the guy who owned the meat store and got Grammys, daddy tickets to the fireman's carnival.
Examples
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Ray ran to the nearest fireman and began pointing to the basement.
Fiction book (1994) -
Tony was a fireman; he'd wanted to be a fireman since he was a little boy.
Fiction book (2000) -
And at that moment a fireman arrived and said, follow me.
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My father can run fast, faster even than the fireman on his way to a fire!
Fiction book (1997) -
"What in the world could that person have been thinking of," the fireman said.
Fiction book (1998) -
"You go first," said Christina, as the fireman began coming up the ladder toward them.
Fiction book (1990) -
We saw the first thing the firemen did after the towers fell was put up the flag.
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It was in my husband's district in his capacity as a fireman before he retired.
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And then they interview teachers, firemen, local politicians, people that were mentors to others.
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- I'm a fireman.
Synonyms
271
2.1
A person who puts out fires and saves people from danger
Compounds
- Archaic
An important person who visits a place for business or official reasons
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fireman is made of fire and man, where 'man' once often meant 'person', so it named someone whose job was to fight or put out fires. That's why it refers to people who rescue others from burning buildings, though today many places use the gender-neutral word firefighter.