{"era":"current","word":"fireman","meaning":"a man who works with fires, especially a firefighter or furnace tender","children":[{"era":"late 1300s","word":"fire-man","meaning":"fire tender; later, firefighter","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"fire","meaning":"fire","children":[],"language":"Old English"},{"era":"pre-1100","word":"man","meaning":"man; person","children":[],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}