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fireraiser

fireraiser is the alternative form of fire-raiser.

Meaning of fire-raiser

Noun

fire-raiser (plural fire-raisers)

  1. (UK) An arsonist.

Forms of fireraiser

pluralfireraisers

Origin of fireraiser

From fire + raiser.

Questions about fireraiser

What is fireraiser the alternative form of?
Fireraiser is the alternative form of fire-raiser.

Words near fireraiser in the dictionary

  1. fireproofing
  2. fireproofings
  3. fireproofness
  4. fireproofs
  5. firer
  6. fireraiser
  7. fireraisers
  8. fireraising
  9. fireroad
  10. fireroads
  11. fireroom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fireraiser (page history and authors); fire-raiser (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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