fireman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun play in which children pretend to put out a fire
  2. noun a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
    stoker.
  3. noun a pitcher who does not start the game
    relief pitcher; reliever.
  4. noun a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
    firefighter; fire-eater; fire fighter.

WordNet

Fire"man noun
Wordforms
plural Firemen
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913