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FIRE-EATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire-eater mean? 

FIRE-EATER (noun)
  The noun FIRE-EATER has 3 senses:

1. a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish firesplay

2. a belligerent grouchplay

3. a performer who pretends to swallow fireplay

  Familiarity information: FIRE-EATER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIRE-EATER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fire-eater; fire fighter; firefighter; fireman

Hypernyms ("fire-eater" is a kind of...):

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fire-eater"):

fire chief; fire marshal (the head of a fire department)

fire warden; forest fire fighter; ranger (an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest)

Holonyms ("fire-eater" is a member of...):

fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A belligerent grouch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fire-eater; hothead

Hypernyms ("fire-eater" is a kind of...):

churl; crank; crosspatch; grouch; grump (a bad-tempered person)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A performer who pretends to swallow fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fire-eater; fire-swallower

Hypernyms ("fire-eater" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)


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