fireman
fireman
Definition
fire·man (-mən)
noun pl. -·men-mən
- firefighter
- a person who tends a fire in a furnace or boiler
- ☆ U.S. Navy an enlisted person ranking below a petty officer third class, whose general duties are concerned with ships' engines, boilers, etc.
- ☆ Baseball, Slang a relief pitcher
fireman
Synonyms
fireman
n.
One who extinguishes fires
firefighter, engineman, ladderman, fire chief, fire warden, smoke jumper. One who fuels engines or furnaces
stoker, engineer's helper, trainman, attendant, oil feeder, cinder monkey*, hell-holer*, bakehead*.
fireman
Usage Examples
Possessives
- helmet: And he said, " If I don't get me a fireman's helmet, I'm gonna blow your brains out.
- hose: Water stop above Cleeve Lock, on the fast fireman's hose, enabling us to keep our place in the lock queue.
- pole: Three firemen's poles are situated at the east end of the appliance room, allowing speedy descent from the first floor.
- uniform: Imogen's ex- told us the Welsh temptress loves a fireman's uniform to fan the flames of passion.
- strike: During the lengthy firemen's strike in 1977, a village emergency fire brigade came into operation, based at the Station Garage.
- lift: Then each exerting a classic fireman's lift then carried the stricken inmates from their cell.
Converse of object
- retain: Such exercises involved not only the participation of full-time firemen but also the retained firemen from Rothwell as well as Kettering and other stations.
- pass: He spent five years as a GCR fireman, becoming a passed fireman in 2000 and a driver in 2002.
- become: However, entering the cubicle to discover how to become a fireman, Steelhorn found himself falling into a fusion furnace.
- say: The papers on Tuesday, 17 December 2002 reported Bain as saying the firemen had enough pay already.
- call: We had two wonderful and helpful fireman called Carl and Robert, who have been working in the service for more than 10 years!
Adjective modifier
- retained: From 1955 to 1975 there were 11 retained firemen.
- auxiliary: Perhaps part of the problem stemmed from friction between regular and auxiliary firemen.
- part-time: Part-time firemen could not be required to serve, without their consent, outside their former Fire Brigade Area.
- full-time: The union had argued that it was illegal to deny retained firefighters the same pension and sick pay rights to full-time firemen and women.
- leading: He was a leading fireman in Hull, East Yorkshire.
- former: A former fireman, Golding's first professional success came in the 1990s with Challenge.
Noun used with modifier
- colliery: A married man of Birch View, Edge Green, Ashton-in-Makerfield who was the colliery fireman.
- steam: His father was also working in a mill as a steam boiler fireman ( in 1901, he was 39 ).
- volunteer: The volunteer firemen of those days were paid the sum of three shillings on each occasion they turned out for training.
