# firefighter

Pronunciation: US say "FY-ur-fy-tur" /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/; UK say "FY-uh-fy-tuh" /ˈfaɪə(ɹ)ˌfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A person who has been trained to extinguish fires.
   - Simple: A person who is trained to stop fires and help keep people safe.
   - _A firefighter climbed onto the roof to reach the spreading flames._
   - _The crew of firefighters worked through the night to contain the warehouse blaze._

## Origin

Formed from fire and fighter, created as a gender-neutral term to replace fireman and firewoman.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/firefighter (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).