🚒 A female firefighter ⚾ A female relief pitcher 🔥 A woman tending fires

firewoman

1 3.0

A woman who works in a fire department and puts out fires

noun
/ˈfaɪərˌwʊmən/

: bombera

I was convinced that Meggy Sheehey, the firewoman, was different from all the others.

Examples

Now she slides down like a firewoman and drops beside Rocky.

Fiction book (1995)
As a brave firewoman, she rushed into the building to save the trapped residents.
The firewoman quickly suited up before heading out to the scene of the blaze.
Many young girls aspire to become a firewoman when they grow up, inspired by heroic firefighters.

Synonyms

firefighter

vsfirewoman

271 2.1

A person who puts out fires and saves people from danger

is the female form highlighting the worker's gender rather than neutral term

fireman

vsfirewoman

75 1.0

A person who puts out fires and rescues people

is the female counterpart stressing the worker's gender rather than male identity

forest fire fighter

vsfirewoman

2.9

A person who fights fires in forests to protect trees and land

is a department member who fights general fires rather than only forest blazes

Compounds

visiting firewoman

Archaic

9.9

A woman from another organization invited to give talks or advice

Surface Forms

firewoman singular

firewomen plural

Morphology

firewoman = fire + woman (transparent) = fire + woman

Clear compound of 'fire' + 'woman' meaning a woman who fights or deals with fires; the occupational sense is directly derived.

Etymology

Firewoman is formed from fire ('flame') and woman ('female person'), just like the common word firefighter. So a firewoman is a woman who fights and puts out fires.