fireman
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- (countable) A fireman is a person whose job is to fight fires and stops them. It can be used for men or both sexes.
- Firemen often use red trucks to make them easily recognizable.
- Forest fires were fought by firemen all the summer long.
- (countable) A fireman is the person who puts coal in the fire of a steam engine on a train.
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- firewoman, for women doing this job
- firefighter, not to mark the sex