firefighter

From fire +‎ fighter. Created as a gender-neutral term for fireman and firewoman.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/

firefighter (plural firefighters)

2. (firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

   Synonyms: fireperson, smoke eater

   Hypernym: person

   Antonym: firestarter

   Hyponyms: fireman (often broadly synonymous), firewoman, hotshot, smokejumper, wildfire-fighter

   • 2014 September 19, Andrew Gumbel, “California's burning up: firefighters rush to the scene as major wildfires scorch the state”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California. […] More than 4,000 firefighters have rushed to the scene from around the country deploying planes, helicopters and hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant.