| 单词 | firewoman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirewoman firewoman n. a female firefighter (cf. fireman n. 4).In quot. 1868 with allusion to The Firemen's Insurance Company, a name used by a number of regional insurance companies in the United States in the 19th century. Cf. note at fire company n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > woman firewoman1868 1868 A. R. W. Curtis & D. S. Curtis Spirit of Seventy-six i. 9 (Reads)... ‘Firewomen's Insurance Company.’ Pshaw! What a careless compositor! 1877 Fireman June 5/2 In America..a brigade of firewomen, or rather of firegirls, is..in course of organisation. 1964 Guardian 29 May 2/4 The Fire Brigades' Union executive today promised to examine firewomen's conditions of service. 2013 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 13 Dec. 25 To say MPs should be treated any differently from nurses, doctors, firemen, firewomen and everybody else working in the public sector is just wrong. < as lemmas |
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