Fireman

Definitions: Fireman

Fireman

Noun

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

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

3. A pitcher who does not start the game.

4. A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires.

Date "fireman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Fireman

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To see a fireman in your dreams, signifies the constancy of your friends. For a young woman to see a fireman crippled, or meet with an accident otherwise, implies grave danger is threatening a close friend. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Mining	A. In a metal mine, a miner whose duty it is to explode the charges of explosive used in headings and working places b. In a fiery mine, the official who checks the underground explosive risk c. In a coal mine, an official responsible for safety conditions underground. See also:deputy d. Eng. A person whose duty it is to examine with a safety lamp the underground workings, (1) to ascertain if gas is present, (2) to see that doors, bratticing, stoppings, etc., are in good order, and (3) generally to see that the ventilation is efficient. See also:fire boss;gas watchman. (references)
Public Administration	A person whose principal function is fire suppression. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Fireman

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term Fireman now almost invariably refers to a Firefighter (see).

In the 19th century and early 20th century "Fireman" was also the designation for someone whose job it was to tend a fire, usually for running a steam engine. Steam locomotives, saw mills, etc would employ "Firemen". Often much of the job was hard physical labor, such as shoveling coal into the engine's burner.

Steam locomotive firemen were also usually responsible for cleaning the ash and dust from the burner prior to lighting the fire, adding water to the engine's boiler, making sure the a proper supply of fuel for the engine is on board before starting journies, starting the fire, raising or banking the fire as appropriate for the amount of power needed along particular parts of the route, and performing other tasks for maintaing the locomotive according to the orders of the locomotive enineer. Some firemen served these duties as a form of apprenticeship, aspiring to be locomotive engineers themselves.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fireman."

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Synonyms: Fireman

Synonyms: fire fighter (n), fire-eater (n), firefighter (n), relief pitcher (n), reliever (n), stoker (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fireman

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Insulation, Fire extinction	Extincteur; fire annihilator; amianth, amianthus; earth-flax, mountain-flax; asbestos; fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company; pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket; fire hose, fire hydrant.
Refrigeration	Extincteur; fire annihilator; amianth, amianthus; earth-flax, mountain-flax; flexible asbestos; fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility) a.
Traveler	Driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman; cabman, cabdriver; voiturier, vetturino, condottiere; engine driver; stoker, fireman, guard; chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fireman

English words defined with "fireman": fire drill, Fire teaser, Firemen ♦ Teazer ♦ visiting fireman. (references)

Specialty definitions using "fireman": fan fireman, Fireman ♦ Great Men ♦ tail rope fireman ♦ VULCAN. (references)

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Modern Usage: Fireman

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'll tell ya, if I could do it over, I would give it all up to be a fireman. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) The little fireman. (All of Me; writing credit: Edwin Davis; Phil Alden Robinson) Oh, hello Enoch this is how fireman carry people. (Carousel; writing credit: Ferenc Molnár; Oscar Hammerstein II) I suppose I would've got a fag fireman. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) I thought you were going to be a fireman. (Everwood; writing credit: Michael Green; Rina Mimoun)
Lyrics	I'm the fireman, that's my name (The Fireman; performing artist: George Strait) They call me the fireman, that's my name (The Fireman; performing artist: George Strait)
Movie/TV Titles	Fireman Harvey Middleman (1965) Rookie Fireman (1950) Save My Choo Choo Fireman (1940) Porky the Fireman (1938) She Loved a Fireman (1937)
Song Titles	The Fireman (performing artist: George Strait)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fireman

Domain	Title
Books	Fireman Examinations/All States (reference) Fireman Small (reference) Fireman Small to the Rescue (reference) The Bravest Fireman (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Fireman (reference) Pennsylvania Fireman (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Fireman Sam the Hero Next Door (reference) Mose the Fireman (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Fireman [ep] [EP] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Fireman

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Photo Album: Fireman

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Fireman puts on a burner on one of the ship's boilers. Taken during her shakedown cruise, circa January 1943.Credit: NAVY.		Fire engines putting out flames, firemen chasing man whose hatchet fell on hose, hose wetting man, fireman putting out flames.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Firemen rushing to burning building, fireman with parrot in cage, man reading "Banner" newspaper, charred ruins with chimney.Credit: Library of Congress.		The fireman.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Old fireman in front of city hall, Maynardville, Tennessee.Credit: Library of Congress.		Fireman, Vale, Oregon.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Fireman. Fireman in uniform.Credit: Library of Congress.		U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Fireman lecturing on fire boxes.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mitsuo Matsuro, fireman / photograph by Ansel Adams.Credit: Library of Congress.		Fireman with firefighting equipment in front of firehouse, in the Washington, D.C. area(?).Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Fireman".

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Fire; firefighter; horn; siren; emergency; police; fireman; fireman.		Fire; extinguisher; extinguish; put out; fireman; firefighter; douse; dout; drown; out; quench; smother; snuff out; stamp out; stifle; suffocate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fireman

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Brazil	Three of the suspects were accused of the April 23 murder of 21-year-old Leonardo Marinho, son of another fireman. (references)
Minorities	Bulgaria	The neighbor, Marko Markov, was a fireman and had shot Sashev with his government-issue handgun. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fireman

"Fireman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.12% of the time. "Fireman" is used about 242 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	85.12%	206	21,208
Noun (proper)	14.88%	36	57,479
Total	100.00%	242	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Fireman

The following table summarizes the usage of "fireman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Fireman	Last name	170	43,815
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Fireman

Expression using "fireman": visiting fireman. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "fireman": fireman-turned-'tec, fireman-uncle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fireman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fireman	1,613	fireman hat	20
fireman calendar	106	fireman training	20
fireman picture	84	fireman poem	19
fireman gay	74	fireman job	19
naked fireman	69	fireman helmet	18
nude fireman	62	fireman clip art	18
fireman hot	51	fireman shirtless	16
sexy fireman	50	b b fighter fire fire fireman military police postal sheriff vanmark worker	15
fireman tattoo	39	fireman pin	15
fireman clipart	37	fireman equipment	15
fireman sam	33	volunteer fireman	14
fireman joke	31	carry fireman	14
fireman pic	27	fireman t shirt	14
fireman photo	27	fireman wallpaper	13
bike fireman	27	fireman uniform	12
fireman gift	26	coloring fireman page	12
fireman free nude roger	26	fireman costume	12
bike chopper county fireman orange	22	fireman salary	12
become a fireman	22	fireman decals	12
cartoon fireman	21	fireman hunk	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Fireman

Language		Translations for "fireman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vizitor i rangut të lartë (visiting fireman). (various references)

Arabic		‏الوقاد (stoker), ‏إطفائي. (various references)

Basque		suhiltzaile. (various references)

Bulgarian		огняр (coal trimmer, heater), надзирател в мина, пожарникар (fire fighter). (various references)

Chinese		消防隊�"� , 司炉 (Firemen). (various references)

Czech		hasiè (fire fighter). (various references)

Danish		brandmand (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

Dutch		brandweerman (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser), bosbrandweerman (fire fighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

Farsi		ماموراتش نشانی , سوخت گیر, سوخت انداز. (various references)

Finnish		palomies (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

French		sapeur-pompier (fire fighter, firefighter), pompier (fire brigade, fire fighter, firedepartment, firefighter). (various references)

German		Feuerwehrmann (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

Greek		πυροσβέστης (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

Hebrew		מכב�" אש (extinguisher), מסיק (heater), כבאי (fire fighter). (various references)

Hungarian		fûtõ (heating, Stoker), tûzoltó (fire fighter). (various references)

Italian		pompiere (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		罐焚き (stoker), 火消し (extinguishing a fire), 火夫 (stoker), フーゼル油 (far, Far East, farce, farm, farm stay, fast, fast back, fast break, fast food, fiber, fiberboard, fiberglass, fiberscope, fibre, fight, fight money, fighter, fighting spirit, file, filename, filesystem, filing system, final, final set, finance, fire, fire alarm, fire insurance, fire storm, fireproof, firewall, firm, firm banking, firmware, first, first impression, first lady, first run, first-class, first-name, five-star, food, food processor, Fourier, fur, fur coat, furniture, fusel oil, hood, hoop, pharmacy, purse, whodunit), 救援投手 (relief pitcher), 消防士 (firefighter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ファイアマン , きゅうえ�"とうしゅ (relief pitcher), しょうぼうし (firefighter), ひけし (extinguishing a fire), かまたき (stoker), かふ (flower album, genealogy, grant, issue, one's father, pedigree, steward, stoker, widow, widower). (various references)

Korean		기관병 (Firemen). (various references)

Manx		moogheyder aile (fire extinguisher), fer aile. (various references)

Occitan		pompièr. (various references)

Pig Latin		iremanfay

Portuguese		bombeiro (fire fighter, firefighter, fire-fighting vehicle, smoke chaser). (various references)

Romanian		fochist (greaser, Stoker), pompier. (various references)

Russian		пожарный (fire fighter, fire man). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vatrogasac (fire fighter, firefighter). (various references)

Spanish		bombero (fire fighter, firefighter, fireguard, smoke chaser, troubleshooter). (various references)

Swedish		brandman (fire fighter, firefighter, smoke chaser). (various references)

Thai		เจ้าหน้าที่�"ับเพลิง. (various references)

Turkish		itfaiyeci (fire fighter), ateşçi (Stoker). (various references)

Ukranian		кочегар (greaser), підривник (exploder), пожежник (fire fighter, fireguard, nozzleman, waterman). (various references)

Vietnamese		đội viên chữa cháy công nhân đốt lò. (various references)

Welsh		taniwr (firer, stoker). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fireman

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fireman": firemanic. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fireman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dirkmann, Eigeman, Eigerman, Faergeman, Fairman, Farberman, Faremo, Fearman, Feeman, Feenan, Ferahan, Ferelman, Fertman, fibrecan, Fibresand, Fidenza, Fineman, firemans, firmans, firmian, Foremanii, foremant, frean, freman, Fremin, Freymann, fridean, Fyleman, Ifema, Tiemann. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fireman"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fireman" (pronounced fī"rmun)
6	f ī" r m u n	firemen.
5	-ī" r m u n	wireman.
4	-r m u n	airman, barman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, chairman, cochairman, corpsman, foreman, foremen, longshoremen, Spearman.
3	-m u n	abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, cattlemen, Cayman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, Firman, footman, foramen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fireman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-m-n-r"
	-1 letter: airmen, fainer, famine, firman, infare, marine, remain.
	-2 letters: afire, aimer, amine, anime, feria, fermi, finer, frame, frena, inarm, infer, infra, minae, miner, namer, ramen, ramie, reman.
	-3 letters: airn, amen, amie, amin, amir, earn, emir, fain, fair, fame, fane, fare, farm, fear, fern, fiar, fine, fire, firm, firn, frae, main, mair, mane, mare, mean.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-m-n-r"
	+1 letter: inflamer, rifleman.
	+2 letters: enframing, firemanic, firmament, fisherman, inflamers, magnifier, mainframe, reframing.
	+3 letters: affirmance, antireform, chamfering, firmaments, forearming, freemartin, magnifiers, mainframes, manifester.
	+4 letters: affirmances, confirmable, deformation, ferrimagnet, filamentary, firmamental, fisherwoman, foraminifer, foremanship, fragmenting, fragmentize, freemartins, infantrymen, infirmaries, infomercial, informative, interfamily, manifesters, microfaunae, reaffirming, reformation, refrainment.
	+5 letters: amentiferous, deformations, familiarness, fermentation, fermentative, ferrimagnets, foraminifera, foraminifers, foremanships, fragmentized, fragmentizes, fraternalism, frontiersman, infomercials, midafternoon, neurofibroma, preformation, reformations, reformatting, refrainments, terraforming.
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