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English Dictionary: Fireman by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fireman
n
  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(s): stoker, fireman
  3. a pitcher who does not start the game
    Synonym(s): reliever, relief pitcher, fireman
  4. a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
    Synonym(s): fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fireman \Fire"man\, n.; pl. {Firemen} (-men).
      1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a
            member of a fire company.
  
      2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a
            stocker.
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