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firechief

firechief is the alternative form of fire chief.

Meaning of fire chief

Noun

fire chief (plural fire chiefs)

  1. A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires.
    • Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, dove onto family members when the shots rang out.2024 July 15, Mike Wendling, “Corey Comperatore: Volunteer firefighter killed at Trump rally dived to protect family”, in BBC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025

Forms of firechief

pluralfirechiefs

Questions about firechief

What is firechief the alternative form of?
Firechief is the alternative form of fire chief.

Words near firechief in the dictionary

  1. firebugs
  2. firecall
  3. firecalls
  4. firecan
  5. firecans
  6. firechief
  7. fireclay
  8. fireclays
  9. firecoal
  10. firecock
  11. firecocks

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