Meaning

noun play in which children pretend to put out a fire

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

noun a pitcher who does not start the game

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English fireman From fire + -man.

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