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fireman
CIDE DICTIONARY
fireman, n.
- A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company. [1913 Webster]
- A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fireman, n. (pl. -men)
1 a member of a fire brigade; a person employed to extinguish fires.
2 a person who tends a furnace or the fire of a steam engine or steamship.
1 a member of a fire brigade; a person employed to extinguish fires.
2 a person who tends a furnace or the fire of a steam engine or steamship.
THESAURUS
fireman
baggage man, bakehead, black gang, boilerman, brakeman, brakie, bungs, butcher, cabin boy, chips, commissary steward, complement, conductor, deckhand, deckie, dispatcher, fire brigade, fire department, fire fighter, fire warden, fire-chaser, fire-eater, footplate man, forest fire fighter, guard, gun loader, gunner, hand, hospital steward, landing signalman, lineman, mail orderly, navigator, oiler, porter, purser, radio operator, railroad man, railroader, redcap, roustabout, smoke agent, smokechaser, smokejumper, snip, snips, sparks, stationmaster, steward, stewardess, stoker, switchman, torpedoman, trainboy, trainman, trainmaster, vamp, volunteer fireman, watch, yardman, yardmaster, yeomanROGET THESAURUS
fireman
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.Refrigeration
N refrigeration, infrigidation, reduction of temperature, cooling, congelation, conglaciation, ice, solidification, ice box (refrigerator), extincteur, fire annihilator, amianth, amianthus, earth- flax, mountain-flax, flexible asbestos, fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility), incombustibility, incombustibleness, (insulation), air conditioning, central air conditioning, air conditioner, fan, attic fan, dehumidifier, cooled, frozen out, cooling, frigorific.Insulation
N insulation, fire extinction, insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material, fire retardant, flame retardant, fire wall, fire door, incombustibility, incombustibleness, extincteur, fire annihilator, amianth, amianthus, earth-flax, mountain-flax, asbestos, fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company, pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket, fire hose, fire hydrant, backfire, firebreak, trench, aerial water bombardment, wet blanket, fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam, sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system, fire bucket, sand bucket, fire alarm, evacuation alarm, fire code, fire regulations, fire, fire inspector, code violation, citation, incombustible, nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable, fireproof, fight fire with fire.For further exploring for "fireman" in Webster Dictionary Online