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fire·man (-mən)

noun pl. firemen -·men (-mən)

  1. firefighter
  2. a person who tends a fire in a furnace or boiler
  3. ☆ U.S. Navy an enlisted person ranking below a petty officer third class, whose general duties are concerned with ships' engines, boilers, etc.
  4. ☆ Baseball, Slang a relief pitcher

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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