fighter

[fahy-ter]

noun

1. a boxer; pugilist.

2. Military.,  an aircraft designed to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft in the air and to protect bomber aircraft.

3. a person who fights, struggles, resists, etc.

4. a person with the will, courage, determination, ability, or disposition to fight, struggle, resist, etc.

5. an animal, as a dog, trained to fight or having the disposition to fight.

fighter

/ ˈfaɪtə /

noun

1. a person who fights, esp a professional boxer

2. a person who has determination

3. military an armed aircraft designed for destroying other aircraft

Other Word Forms

• nonfighter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fighter¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fēohtere. See fight, -er ¹

Example Sentences

If he was a fighter, a boxer, no matter how lumped up he was, he would just continue.

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Framing this as an active armed conflict is likely a way for the administration to justify the use of wartime powers, including killing "enemy fighters", even if they pose no violent threat.

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Czech boxer Bytyqi is the more experienced fighter as a former WBC world champion, but has fought most of her career at atomweight.

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In a statement endorsing Pearson, Hogg said that he was “a tested fighter who will deliver opportunity, affordability, safety, and justice to his constituents.”

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The Hamas operation began around 6:29 a.m. and involved a rocket and drone barrage, paraglider commandos and teams of fighters fanning out on pickups and motorcycles from Gaza across southern Israel.

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