fighter
Meaning
- A person who fights; a combatant.
- A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- A pugnacious, competitive person.
- (poetic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
- (broadly) A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
- A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- (colloquial) A firefighter.
- A game with a focus on physical combat.
Synonyms
pursuit plane
brave man
true man
quarrelsome person
attack plane
air fighter
combat aircraft
fighting-plane
Translations
Kämpfer
combattant
lottatore
luchador
lutador
strijderFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.
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