fire chief
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈfaɪər tʃiːf/
- US
:
jefe de bomberos
- After the blaze was extinguished, the fire chief briefed the media on the incident's cause.
- fire chief said
- assistant fire chief
- deputy fire chief
Firefighter, great firefighter, Fire Chief of a small town.
- Firefighter, great firefighter, Fire Chief of a small town.
- That nigga, the Fire Chief hold them Fire department full of real niggas.
- And the Russian scientist has his father was at Chernobyl as one of the fire chiefs and lost his life.
- I said it was your it was your assistant Fire Chief who said that people feel more comfortable if they see somebody.
Examples
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If you see the fire chief, stop him at the gates.
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I assumed he was the fire chief and offered to buy the book from him.
Fiction book (1991) -
That was the fire chief.
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This is the fire chief speaking!
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The fire chief says it's illegal to bar doors.
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The local police chief and fire chief may want to contribute other items to the list based on their knowledge.
Academic text (2013) -
Back home, I'm a fire chief.
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I'm talking to the fire chief.
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I'm the fire chief.
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The first forester and fire chief in L.A. County was a man named Stuart Flintham.
Blog text (7)
Synonyms
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A person who leads a group or community
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5.1
A person who manages a government department or public service
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the person in charge of a fire department' is directly compositional from 'fire' (relating to firefighting) combined with 'chief' (a leader or person with top authority). The compound follows a common English pattern (X chief / chief of X) and similar leader+domain constructions exist cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the role.
Etymology
Fire chief comes from combining fire (the danger and job) and chief (the leader). When towns formed teams to fight fires, the person in charge was called the 'chief', so today fire chief means the person who is 'in charge' of the fire department.