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- [fahyuh r-fahy-ter]
- /ˈfaɪərˌfaɪ tɛr/
- /ˈfaɪəˌfaɪ.tər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fahyuh r-fahy-ter]
- /ˈfaɪərˌfaɪ tɛr/
Definitions of firefighter word
- noun firefighter a person who fights destructive fires. 1
- noun firefighter A person whose job is to extinguish fires. 1
- noun firefighter member of fire brigade 1
- countable noun firefighter Firefighters are people whose job is to put out fires. 0
- noun firefighter a person who fights fires, usually a public employee or trained volunteer 0
- noun firefighter a person whose work is fighting fires; esp., a member of a fire department 0
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Origin of firefighter
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; fire + fighter
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Firefighter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
firefighter popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
firefighter usage trend in Literature
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