firer
noun
firer is a noun meaning “A person who fires a weapon; a shooter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-R-E-R, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of firer is firers.
What does firer mean?
noun
- 1
A person who fires a weapon; a shooter.
- 2
A person responsible for firing staff; a person who fires another.
- 3
A pyromaniac.
- 4
A person who fires pottery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of firer
- firers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is firer?
Firer appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does firer come from?
From fire + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).