(baseball) A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
(mining, historical) A safety inspector in coal mines.
(rail transport, by extension) An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
(rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
foramen
foramen
noun
(anatomy) An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
foreman
foreman
noun
(US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.
(law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
(management) The leader of a work crew.
fraenum
fraenum
noun
Alternative form of frenum
freeman
freeman
noun
(Australia, historical) A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
(US and Canada, historical) An independent fur trapper.
(historical) A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
(usually as two words) A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
(usually historical) A person who is not a serf or slave.
An honorary freeman: a person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
freiman
froeman
manfred
manifer
manifer
noun
A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.
