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Fireman vs. Firefighter

Fireman and Firefighter Definitions

Fireman

A firefighter.

Firefighter

A member of a fire department who fights fires.

Fireman

A man who tends fires; a stoker.

Firefighter

A person who has been trained to put out fires.

Fireman

An enlisted man in the US Navy or Coast Guard engaged in the operation of engineering machinery.

Firefighter

A person whose occupation it is to go to the scene of an unwanted fire and extinguish it; a member of a fire company; a fireman{1} or a woman who fights fires.
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Fireman

(Baseball) A relief pitcher.

Firefighter

A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

Fireman

(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.

Fireman

A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.

Fireman

An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.

Fireman

(baseball) A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
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Fireman

A safety inspector in coal mines.

Fireman

A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

Fireman

A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.

Fireman

Play in which children take the roles of firemen and pretend to put out a fire

Fireman

A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

Fireman

A pitcher who does not start the game
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Fireman

A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

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