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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A female firefighter.
2. 2
   a female laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) wordnet
3. 3
   A female fireman (person who heats a steam engine).
4. 4
   a female pitcher who does not start the game wordnet
5. 5
   a female member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires wordnet

Antonyms

All antonyms

fireman

Etymology

From fire + -woman.

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