firefighter
noun
a person who fights destructive fires.
fire fighter
-
a variation of
firefighter.
Example Sentences
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One fire fighter cradled a baby in the back of an ambulance.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2022
In addition, San Francisco asked police and fire fighter unions to delay raises for two years in order to save an additional $270 million.
From Fox News ● Feb. 17, 2021
DNR also is the state’s biggest fire fighter, responsible for fighting wildfires on 13 million acres of private, state and tribal forestland.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
Women, like men, are allowed to take risky jobs like logger, fire fighter, and roofer in return for the higher pay that these jobs offer.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2015
"By Jove, she looks like a real fire fighter, doesn't she?" said Romper Ryan, backing off, paint brush still in hand, to survey his own handiwork on the sides of "Old Nanc."
From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Irving Crump
