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Brandmeyster (fire chief)
fire chief
also: брандмейстер, brandmeyster
A brandmeyster (from German Brandmeister), the officer in charge of a local volunteer or municipal fire brigade in Imperial Russia -- a minor local official and, as here, a stock genial-drinking-companion figure in Chekhov's early sketches.
Reading notes
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §82 the old fire chief
A brandmeyster (from German Brandmeister), the officer in charge of a local fire brigade -- here the boastful inspector's drinking companion and ultimate deflator.
- Self-Deception (a tale) §12 fire chief
A brandmeyster (from German Brandmeister), the officer in charge of a local fire brigade in the Russian Empire -- here the inspector's drinking companion and the story's voice of folk wisdom.
- In the Railway Carriage §17 I'm the fire chief
The third vignette's punchline: the man boasting of a private stable of troikas and joyriding parties is merely the local fire brigade's commanding officer, whose 'stud' would in reality be fire-engine horses.