|  fireman 
  
 
 1. play in which children pretend to put out a fire (Freq. 1)
 • Hypernyms:
 play, child's play
 2. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
 • Syn:
 stoker
 • Derivationally related forms:
 stoke (for: stoker)
 • Hypernyms:
 laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
 3. a pitcher who does not start the game
 • Syn:
 reliever, relief pitcher
 • Derivationally related forms:
 relieve (for: reliever)
 • Hypernyms:
 pitcher, hurler, twirler
 • Hyponyms:
 closer, finisher
 4. a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
 • Syn:
 firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater
 • Hypernyms:
 defender, guardian, protector, shielder
 • Hyponyms:
 fire chief, fire marshal, fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger
 • Member Holonyms:
 fire department
 
 
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