fireman
noun
fire·man
ˈfī(-ə)r-mən 
2
: a member of a fire department : firefighter
3
: an enlisted man in the navy who works with engineering machinery
4
: a relief pitcher in baseball
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For my younger son, who's becoming a fireman.
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Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
And then the firemen starting knocking on our AC and our window, 'Oh my God, there's a fire.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Jimmy Haslam chose this week to keep the arsonist and rid himself of the fireman who couldn’t put out the flames.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Shepard was serving hot chocolate during one of these showings of The Maids when police and firemen came into the café in hopes of finding some excuse to shut Stewart’s shows down for obscenity.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
And then the firemen starting knocking on our AC and our window, 'Oh my God, there's a fire.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Jimmy Haslam chose this week to keep the arsonist and rid himself of the fireman who couldn’t put out the flames.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Shepard was serving hot chocolate during one of these showings of The Maids when police and firemen came into the café in hopes of finding some excuse to shut Stewart’s shows down for obscenity.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fireman
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“Fireman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireman. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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