Firefighter

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Firefighter

A documentary-style narration: origin, meaning, and feel.

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

FY-er-fy-ter  /ˈfʌɪəfʌɪtə/

Definition

A person whose job is to extinguish fires and rescue people and property from fire and other emergencies.

Plain meaning

A professional emergency responder trained to fight fires, rescue people, and respond to a wide range of other hazards.

Register

Neutral. Standard in official, journalistic, and everyday contexts. Firefighter is the professional and correct contemporary term.