Etymology

From boiler +‎ manCategory:English compound terms#BOILERMAN.

Noun

boilerman (plural boilermen)Category:English lemmas#BOILERMANCategory:English nouns#BOILERMANCategory:English countable nouns#BOILERMANCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#BOILERMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOILERMANCategory:Pages with entries#BOILERMANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOILERMAN

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.

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   • 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.

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Anagrams

• bromelain