FIRE WARDEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire warden mean? 

• FIRE WARDEN (noun)
  The noun FIRE WARDEN has 1 sense:

1. an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest

  Familiarity information: FIRE WARDEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRE WARDEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fire warden; forest fire fighter; ranger

Hypernyms ("fire warden" is a kind of...):

fire-eater; fire fighter; firefighter; fireman (a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires)

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fire warden"):

coyote (a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time))