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FIREMAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Play in which children pretend to put out a fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):

child's play; play (activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

Synonyms:

fire-eater; fire fighter; firefighter; fireman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fireman"):

fire chief; fire marshal (the head of a fire department)

fire warden; forest fire fighter; ranger (an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest)

Holonyms ("fireman" is a member of...):

fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A pitcher who does not start the game

Synonyms:

fireman; relief pitcher; reliever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):

hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fireman"):

closer; finisher ((baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fireman; stoker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

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