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Fireman   /fˈaɪrmən/   Listen
Fireman

noun
(pl. firemen)
1.
Play in which children pretend to put out a fire.
2.
A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship).  Synonym: stoker.
3.
A pitcher who does not start the game.  Synonyms: relief pitcher, reliever.
4.
A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires.  Synonyms: fire-eater, fire fighter, firefighter.



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"Fireman" Quotes from Famous Books



... half-past seven and eight,' said a fireman, 'and as I was off duty I came out on deck for a blow. The force of the explosion threw me along the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 2, 1917 • Various
... attempt, before he fell, To succour one they loved so well? Yes, Higginbottom did aspire (His fireman's soul was all on fire) His brother chief to save; But ah! his reckless generous ire Served but to abate his grave! 'Mid blazing beams and scalding streams. Through fire and smoke he dauntless broke, Where Muggins broke before: But sulphry stench and boiling ...
— Rejected Addresses: or, The New Theatrum Poetarum • James and Horace Smith
... magnate, who imagined he foresaw a threatened attack on his Chicago City Street Railway preserves, "I see our friend Mr. Cowperwood has managed to get his own way with the council. I am morally certain he uses money to get what he is after as freely as a fireman uses water. He's as slippery as an eel. I should be glad if we could establish that there is a community of interest between him and these politicians around City Hall, or between him and Mr. McKenty. I believe he has set out to dominate this city politically as well as financially, ...
— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser
... police do not get hold of our letters as easily as you imagine. The letter in question did not leave St. Petersburg till the ice broke up. It went by the first English steamer which left the Neva this spring. They have a fireman on board—one of us, in fact. It has reached ...
— Under Western Eyes • Joseph Conrad
... had been hurt. The passenger-coaches were not turned over, and the engineer and fireman had jumped as the cab toppled. By the greatest good fortune the train had gone off the track in this low flat land almost level with the grade. Several things joined to avoid a terrible disaster; the flat ground that ...
— The Sleuth of St. James's Square • Melville Davisson Post


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