fire fighter
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Noun (1)
- a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish firesSynonyms: firefighterfire-eaterType of defender, guardianKinds firewoman, fire warden, fireman, fire chiefMember of fire department
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
fire′fight′er, fire′ fight′er (fīr′fī′tẽr), noun
A person whose occupation it is to go to the scene of an unwanted fire and extinguish it; a member of a fire company; a fireman{1} or a woman who fights fires. Some towns have few or no professional firefighters, and fire suppression is conducted mostly by groups of volunteers, called volunteer firefighters. The term fireman{1} was at one time synonymous with firefighter, until women began to engage in the same occupation.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors