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fire·man
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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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6.
Baseball
.
relief pitcher.
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Origin:
1620–30
for sense “gunner”;
fire
+
-man
Usage note
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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