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 Definitions of fireman  [ˈfaɪər mən]  

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Definition of 'fireman' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fireman
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.

2.  fireman
a person employed to tend fires; stoker.

3.  fireman
a person employed to fire and lubricate a steam locomotive.

4.  fireman
a person employed to assist the engineer of a diesel or electric locomotive.

5.  fireman
an enlisted person in the U.S. Navy assigned to the care and operation of a ship's machinery.

Etymology:  (1650–60)

Definition of 'fireman' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fireman
play in which children pretend to put out a fire

2. (noun) stoker, fireman
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

3. (noun) reliever, relief pitcher, fireman
a pitcher who does not start the game

4. (noun) fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater
a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires


Definition of 'fireman' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) fireman
a male firefighter


Definition of 'fireman' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) fireman
a man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company

2. (noun) fireman
a man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker


Translation of 'fireman' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a man whose job is to put out accidental fires or those caused deliberately as a criminal act.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: brandweerman Arabic flag Arabic: إطفائي، رجُل مطافئ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пожарникар
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bombeiro Czech flag Czech: hasič German flag German: der Feuerwehrmann
Danish flag Danish: brandmand Greek flag Greek: πυροσβέστης Spanish flag Spanish: bombero
Estonian flag Estonian: tuletõrjuja Farsi flag Farsi: مامور آتش نشانی Finnish flag Finnish: palomies
French flag French: pompier Hebrew flag Hebrew: כַּבַּאי Hindi flag Hindi: दमकल का सदस्य
Croatian flag Croatian: vatrogasac Hungarian flag Hungarian: tűzoltó Indonesian flag Indonesian: pemadam kebakaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: slökkviliðsmaður Italian flag Italian: pompiere, vigile del fuoc Japanese flag Japanese: 消防士
Korean flag Korean: 소방수 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gaisrininkas Latvian flag Latvian: ugunsdzēsējs
Malay flag Malay: ahli bomba Dutch flag Dutch: brandweerman Norwegian flag Norwegian: brannmann, fyrbøter
Polish flag Polish: strażak Persian flag Persian: مامور آتش نشانی Pashto flag Pashto: داوروژنى عملى غړى، داطفائ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: bombeiro Romanian flag Romanian: a da foc (la) Russian flag Russian: пожарный
Slovak flag Slovak: hasič Slovenian flag Slovenian: gasilec Serbian flag Serbian: vatrogasac
Swedish flag Swedish: brandman Thai flag Thai: นักดับเพลิง Turkish flag Turkish: itfaiyeci
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 消防隊員 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пожежник Urdu flag Urdu: آگ بجھانے والے عملے کا ای
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhân viên cứu hoả Chinese flag Chinese: 消防队员

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