Definitions for fireman

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fireman fire·man

Spelling: [fahyuh r-muh n]

IPA: /ˈfaɪər mən/

Fireman is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 234 anagrams from letters in fireman (aefimnr).

Definitions for fireman

noun

1. a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
2. a person employed to tend fires; stoker.
3. Railroads. a person employed to fire and lubricate a steam locomotive. a person employed to assist the engineer of a diesel or electric locomotive.
4. U.S. Navy. an enlisted person assigned to the care and operation of a ship's machinery.
5. British Mining. fire boss.
6. Baseball. relief pitcher.

Origin of fireman

1620-30 for sense “gunner”; fire + -man

Examples for fireman

And between whiles I had to look after the savage who was fireman.

One of my cousins is now a New York City fireman as well, and the fact that we got bin Laden is fantastic.

So he dismissed the affair, and devoted his whole attention to learning to be a fireman.

In this frightening raw video, fireman and bystanders run as the South Tower collapses.

My cousin Al is a Navy veteran, a former EMT, and now a fireman in New York City.

The fireman who runs into the burning building to rescue someone has a choice of whether to do so or not.

He wanted to go into the Army and then be a police officer and then be a fireman.

As for the fireman he had flung himself flat on the floor of the cab.

"Give me your name and address," he said, faintly, to the fireman.

No, a fireman's not so oily and is more cindery—then we'll know one by his cap.