firefighter

or fire fight·er

[ fahyuhr-fahy-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who fights destructive fires.

Origin of firefighter

1
First recorded in 1900–05; fire + fighter

Other words from firefighter

  • firefighting, noun, adjective

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How to use firefighter in a sentence

  • The firefighters swarmed out like bees from a disturbed hive.

    Gold | Stewart White
  • Clanging and screeching, forcing their way down streets swarming with people, the firefighters came.

    The Firebug | Roy J. Snell
  • We'll increase funding to help states and communities train and equip our heroic police and firefighters.

  • A fresh crew of firefighters took the place of the others–namely, those personally interested in saving the hotel.

    Gold | Stewart White
  • In the 1720s firefighters had to fill a tank on a wagon by hand with buckets.

British Dictionary definitions for firefighter

firefighter

/ (ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtə) /


noun
  1. a person who fights fires, usually a public employee or trained volunteer

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