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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

긴급 구조원

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gingeup gujowon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Emergency worker/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi ˈwɜːkər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"긴급 구조원이 현장에 출동했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person professionally employed in providing critical services during crises, such as firefighters, paramedics, and police officers.

    "Emergency workers rushed to the scene of the accident within minutes."
  2. 2

    Any individual authorized and trained to handle urgent public safety, medical, or disaster relief operations.

    "The local government provided specialized training for all volunteer emergency workers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from 'emergency' (derived from Medieval Latin 'emergentia', from 'emergere', meaning to rise out or bring to light) and 'worker' (from Old English 'wyrhta', denoting a maker or laborer). The phrase emerged in modern administrative and public safety lexicons during the mid-20th century to collectively designate professionals responding to urgent public crises.

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