boilermanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

boilerman (plural boilermen)

1. A person who tends the fire for a steam engine.
   • 1948, Report of the National Executive Committee [to The] Annual Conference, National Union of Mineworkers:

     The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which seeks to organise all underground workers including craftsmen.

   • 2009 January 5, Richard Severo, “Pat Hingle, Versatile Actor With Recurring Role in Batman Movies, Dies at 84”, in The New York Times‎:

     When the war in Korea began he was recalled by the Navy, serving as a boilerman technician. He came to New York in 1952, joined the Actors Studio and began to get parts both onstage and in films.

同意語

• stoker
• fireman

参考

• boilerman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• bromelain