Definitions

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  • noun A female firefighter.

Etymologies

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fire +‎ woman

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Examples

  • If the gender of the person is known, I like to see words specifying it: such as "firewoman."

    Sense & Sensuality 2009

  • She will never be a firewoman or play soccer, get a number 2 haircut or jeer loudly from a construction site at passing men (or possibly women).

    Barbie 2006

  • Sandra is pretty self-aware … if she was into that type of things (you never know) she'd ... firewoman: I love this look and the shoes are to die for!

    Movies Moxie 2010

  • and second: ice man. not the x-men dude but the one who fought with spidy and firewoman (or what her name was) in that special series (only spiderman series that approached on german tv in my youth).. so definetly ice man. why? have you EVER stood on top of really long stairs and thought about having the power to slide down all the stairs? that guy kicks ass

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - List your favorite super hero characters 2006

  • One of the policemen and the policemen were all men, allegedly there was a firewoman, but I didn’t see her told us that residents were allowed back in, but asked that we stay single file and out of the firefighters’ way.

    Surreal. | Mind on Fire 2007

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