smoke jumper

noun

: a forest firefighter who parachutes to locations otherwise difficult to reach

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Angelina Jolie plays Hannah, a tough-but-tender Montana smoke jumper with a tragic past. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 May 2021 The nine teams participating include mountain climbers, smoke jumpers, river guides, and recent divorcees, among others. — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2024 So the Forest Service called in a team of smoke jumpers, whose work usually involves parachuting into remote locations to fight wildfires. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025 Trees, according to Sarah Berns, who was a smoke jumper with the Forest Service out of Grangeville, Idaho, are among the scariest parts of smoke jumping. — Kendra Pierre-Louis, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2021 The Fed’s 21st-century monetary policy is like the Forest Service’s 20th-century policy of sending in smoke jumpers at the first sign of trouble. — Thomas Hoenig, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023 Democratic Primary Sam Forstag, a union smoke jumper, is backed by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. — New York Times, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of smoke jumper was in 1927

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smoke jumper

noun
: a forest firefighter who parachutes to locations otherwise difficult to reach
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