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Fireman
Pronunciation : Fire"man
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 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.
pl. Firemen (-men).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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