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[ fahyuhr-sahyd ] / ˈfaɪərˌsaɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fireside ON THESAURUS.COM
nounAlso called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth. home. home or family life. adjectiveinformal and friendly in manner: The politician's fireside manner helped her win votes. Origin of firesideFirst recorded in 1555–65; fire + side1 Words nearby firesidefiresafe, fire sale, fire screen, fire setting, fire ship, fireside, fireside chat, fireside chats, fire sign, fire station, firestone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for firesideHis Oval Office radio addresses were famously labeled “Fireside Chats” and he called listening citizens “my friends.” FDR: King of All Media|John Avlon|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST His fireside chats brought his reassuring “radiogenic” voice to millions of Americans still suffering from the Great Depression. When Mars Attacked 75 Years Ago—And Everyone Believed It|Marc Wortman|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Are there robes and fireside chats with goblets of sherry, that sort of thing?No, ha, nothing quite so effete. Ali Smith: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Jimmy Carter was initially viewed as charming when he held a fireside chat in a wool cardigan. Beware the GOP Coronation|Howard Kurtz|October 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In his Fireside Chats, FDR spoke to some 60 million or more Americans as if he were confiding frankly to a single friend. Obama's Speech and the Burden of History|Harold Evans|January 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST She came back to the fireside, and unfolded the letter and read it. At his first appearance on the scene, in the inn kitchen, he calls for a pipe of tobacco before taking his place at the fireside. The Social History of Smoking|G. L. Apperson Here is a poor patient, sitting in an armchair by the fireside, labouring to get breath. Papers on Health|John Kirk Dorothy, in kindness to us, was sitting alone by the fireside in Lady Crawford's chamber. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall|Charles Major The landlady installed her guest comfortably by the fireside, and offered what refreshment her house afforded. The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII|Various
British Dictionary definitions for fireside
nounthe hearth family life; the home Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to firesidefireplace, dwelling, nest, cave, terrain, environment, surroundings, territory, haven, stove, furnace, chimney, hut, dormitory, apartment, palace, resort, shelter, house, hospital |