ladderman

ladderman
/lad"euhr meuhn, -man'/, n., pl. laddermen /-meuhn, -men'/.
a firefighter who is a member of a hook-and-ladder company.
[1885-90, Amer.; LADDER + MAN1]
Usage. See -man.

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