Home › Words › F › furnacerfurnacerfurnacer means A person employed to operate a furnace.EtymologyFrom furnace + -er.nounA person employed to operate a furnace.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.kilnman 71% match — A man employed to operate a kiln. vs furnacer →coalheaver 67% match — One who feeds coal into a furnace. vs furnacer →foundryman 66% match — A man who works in a foundry vs furnacer →cupolaman 65% match — A man who operates a cupola (type of smelting furnace). vs furnacer →clinkerer 65% match — A person who removes clinker from boilers, furnaces, etc. vs furnacer →boilerman 64% match — A person who tends the fire for a steam engine. vs furnacer →ferruler 63% match — A person employed to make or fit ferrules. vs furnacer →gantryman 63% match — A worker who carries ore from the gantry to the kiln to be calcined prior to smelting. vs furnacer →