brandmeester, noun
- Origin:
- DutchShow more Dutch, brand fire + meester master.
obs.
A fire warden.
c1795 W.S. Van Ryneveld in G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1897) I. 250Brand Meesters, persons to procure assistance, in case of fire.
1926 P.W. Laidler Tavern of Ocean 83Brand meesters were instituted, whose duty it was to secure all possible assistance in cases of fire, and to give orders to the burgher sergeants and to the freed slaves who worked the engines.
A fire warden.
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