Alarmer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
- 2 A multialarm fire of a specified number of alarms. US, in-compounds
"This three-alarmer brought out no fewer than seven steam pumpers, which are drawing water from a fire cistern..."
Example
More examples"This three-alarmer brought out no fewer than seven steam pumpers, which are drawing water from a fire cistern..."
Etymology
From alarm + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).