Fireman (song)
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noun


(1)   Play in which children pretend to put out a fire
(2)   A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
(3)   A pitcher who does not start the game
(4)   A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
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Noun



  1. A person who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
  2. A fireman that is of the male sex (see usage note).
  3. A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive.
    ca. 1913 The wreck of Old 97 [ballad, ], verse 3:
    • He looked around his cab at his black greasy fireman, saying 'shovel on a little more coal, and when we cross that White Oak Mountain, you can watch Old 97 roll'.
  4. By extension of the above, an assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
  5. A relief pitcher.

Usage notes


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

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