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firemen

[fahyuhr-muhn] Origin

fire·man

[fahyuhr-muhn]
noun, plural -men.
1.
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
2.
a person employed to tend fires; stoker.
3.
Railroads.
a.
a person employed to fire and lubricate a steam locomotive.
b.
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.
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Origin:
1620–30 for sense “gunner”; fire + -man


See -man.

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Word Origin & History

fireman
late 14c., tender of a fire, from fire + man. As "person hired to put out (rather than tend) fires" is from 1714.
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