Dictionary 1. (n.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.2. (n.) A fire poker. Thesaurus baggage man bakehead black gang boilerman brakeman brakie bungs butcher cabin boy chips commissary steward complement conductor deckhand deckie dispatcher fireman footplate man guard gun loader gunner hand hospital steward landing signalman lineman mail orderly navigator oiler porter purser radio operator railroad man railroader redcap roustabout smoke agent snip snips sparks stationmaster steward stewardess switchman torpedoman trainboy trainman trainmaster watch yardman yardmaster yeoman |