firefighter
- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌfaɪtər/
- The firefighter quickly put out the blaze and saved the trapped family.
- police and firefighters
- volunteer firefighters
- career as a firefighter
And these two tools working in concert are referred to by firefighters simply as the irons.
- And these two tools working in concert are referred to by firefighters simply as the irons.
- He was, he's actually a part time firefighter for the, for the, for the town.
- I mean, you're going from a a funeral of a firefighter who has died of, of cancer.
- And then I became a firefighter and loved being a firefighter.
- That was my friend, firefighter Chris Blackwell.
- So it's actually hurt teachers, it's hurt cops, it hurts firefighters who depend on that pension fund.
- So mom pop and police officers, firefighters and school teachers are up the Creek.
- I live next door to a educator and a firefighter.
Examples
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The firefighter manifest listed $15,000 in cash that burned up in the fire.
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And then I became a firefighter and loved being a firefighter.
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And the firefighters are doing an incredible job.
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We got the best firefighters ever.
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I'm a New York City firefighter.
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His instinct was to order the firefighters out of the building.
Academic text (2005) -
Important members of the intervention team for this group were police, firefighters, and other emergency personnel.
Academic text (2002) -
Health care workers, firefighters, and police officers find online learning compatible with their dynamic shift schedules.
Academic text (2009) -
OK, and you're trying to locate a firefighter inside a smoke filled building.
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If you're a New York City firefighter, drop what you're doing, report to your company.
Synonyms
A person who puts out fires and rescues people
A person who saves people or animals from danger
A woman who works in a fire department and puts out fires
A firefighter who carries and uses ladders during emergencies
A person who fights fires in forests to protect trees and land
Antonyms
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word firefighter is made from fire and fighter, so it means someone who 'fights' fires. That's why a firefighter is a person whose job is to put out fires and rescue people.