fireman

Noun

 * 1)   Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
 * 2) * 30 June 2019, 'Don't call us for cats stuck in trees', Fire Brigade warns (Daily Telegraph)
 * For firemen everywhere rescuing cats from trees has been as much a part of the job as tackling blazing buildings.
 * 1)   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.
 * 2) * ca. 1913 The wreck of Old 97 [ballad, Blue Ridge Mountains], verse 3:
 * He looked around his cab at his black greasy fireman, saying 'shovel on a little more coal, and when we cross that White Oak Mountain, you can watch Old 97 roll'.
 * 1)   An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
 * 2)   A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
 * 3)   A safety inspector in coal mines.
 * 1)   An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
 * 2)   A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
 * 3)   A safety inspector in coal mines.
 * 1)   An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
 * 2)   A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
 * 3)   A safety inspector in coal mines.
 * 1)   An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
 * 2)   A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
 * 3)   A safety inspector in coal mines.

Usage notes

 * Historically only a man, but now used to refer to female firefighters as well. In modern usage, the gender-inclusive term firefighter is generally preferred.
 * This term is commonly used for both males and females, firewoman is rarer in this sense.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: пожарника́р
 * Danish:
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 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: slökkviliðismaður, brunaliðsmaður
 * Irish: fear dóiteáin, fear tine
 * Italian:
 * Latin: siphonarius,, ignīnus
 * Macedonian: пожа́рникар
 * Navajo: kǫʼ yiniłtsésí, kǫʼ deiniłtsésí
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:, homem do fogo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fear-smàlaidh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: lefilahipoldan


 * Czech:
 * Danish: fyrbøder
 * Esperanto: hejtisto
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 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: fear tine
 * Macedonian: ло́жач
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fyrbøter
 * Romanian:
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 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ло̀жа̄ч
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 * Finnish:
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 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ло̀жа̄ч
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 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, dobójátékos