Dictionary Definition

fireman

1 play in which children take the roles of firemen and pretend to put out a fire

2 a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) [syn: stoker]

3 a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever, relief pitcher]

4 a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires [syn: firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater]

User Contributed Dictionary

From English fire + (hu)man

A person who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
A fireman that is of the male sex (see usage note).
A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive.
By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
A relief pitcher.

Fireman and its plural are usually used to refer to all firefighters. For a female firefighter, firewoman or firefighter is sometimes preferred.

fireman

male fireman

man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler

assistant on any locomotive

pitcher

Fireman may refer to:

In entertainment:

fireman in French: Fireman

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