fireman

fireman
   1. a motorist exceeding the speed limit
   From the corny question asked by a traffic policeman, 'Where's the fire?'
   2. a person to whom unpleasant duties are delegated
   With obvious imagery:
    Since starting at the Pentagon, Buhardt had been a fireman helping... stave off or limit the fallout from a variety of scandalous episodes. (Colodny and Gettlin, 1991)
   The Nazis called the Jews whom they used in death camps to enforce discipline over other prisoners, predominantly Jewish, firemen.
   See also visiting fireman2.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Fireman — may refer to:* Firefighter, employed that is to extinguish fires and rescue people from harms way * Fire Officer, a senior ranking firefighter or Fire Safety Inspector in the UK * Fireman , or boilerman , employed to tend the fire for running a… …   Wikipedia

  • Fireman — puede referirse a: Fireman (personaje), un personaje del cómic Strombreaker. The Fireman puede referirse a: The Fireman (banda), el seudónimo con el que han colaborado el músico Paul McCartney y el productor Youth; The Fireman (película), una… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Fireman Ed — (real name Ed Anzalone) is a superfan of the New York Jets, [Citation |last=Pressman |first=Stacey |title=To date, or not to date |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1541856 type=page2Story |accessdate=2007 09 19] [cite book |last=Lange… …   Wikipedia

  • Fireman — Fire man, n.; pl. {Firemen} ( men). 1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company. [1913 Webster] 2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fireman — (n.) late 14c., tender of a fire, from FIRE (Cf. fire) + MAN (Cf. man). As person hired to put out (rather than tend) fires it is attested from 1714 …   Etymology dictionary

  • fireman — ► NOUN ▪ a male firefighter …   English terms dictionary

  • fireman — [fīr′mən] n. pl. firemen [fīr′mən] 1. FIREFIGHTER 2. a person who tends a fire in a furnace or boiler ☆ 3. U.S. Navy an enlisted person ranking below a petty officer third class, whose general duties are concerned with ships engines, boilers, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Fireman — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Fireman est une série télévisée asiatique sortie en 1973. The Fireman est un collectif techno avec Paul McCartney et Youth. Fireman est une chanson de Lil …   Wikipédia en Français

  • fireman — UK [ˈfaɪə(r)mən] / US [ˈfaɪrmən] noun [countable] Word forms fireman : singular fireman plural firemen UK [ˈfaɪə(r)mən] / US [ˈfaɪrmən] a male firefighter …   English dictionary

  • Fireman — Chartplatzierungen (vorläufig)Vorlage:Infobox Chartplatzierungen/Wartung/vorläufige Chartplatzierung Erklärung der Daten Alben Electric Arguments   DE 100 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • fireman — noun a) Someone (implied male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire. ca. 1913 The wreck of Old 97 [ballad, ], verse 3: b) A man who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a …   Wiktionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”