fighter
Americannoun
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a boxer; pugilist.
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Military. an aircraft designed to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft in the air and to protect bomber aircraft.
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a person who fights, struggles, resists, etc.
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a person with the will, courage, determination, ability, or disposition to fight, struggle, resist, etc.
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an animal, as a dog, trained to fight or having the disposition to fight.
noun
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a person who fights, esp a professional boxer
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a person who has determination
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military an armed aircraft designed for destroying other aircraft
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Etymology
Origin of fighter
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fēohtere. See fight, -er 1
Explanation
Someone who battles or brawls with other people is a fighter. Some fighters, like boxers, do it professionally, while others just have a tendency to fight. If you have a habit of getting into scuffles or fistfights, you're a fighter, and when you watch a boxing match, you might pick one of the two fighters to root for. An animal might also be described as a fighter: lions are natural fighters, and a fish struggling hard on the end of a hook is a fighter. Other fighters work heroically for a belief or ideal: "She was a fighter in the struggle for civil rights."
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Example Sentences
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I'm sittin' there talkin' about the good ol' days with the engineers, G Moon and Joe Hardy, and I said: 'You remember that 25 Lighters?
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012
I became transfixed on that one track 25 Lighters.
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012
Once the team was on its way back to the hotel, the Bruno Mars and Eminem song "Lighters" came on the radio and the bus broke out in an off-key rendition.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2011
Lighters daily haul water to springless Skorpios, whose slopes are now luxuriantly planted with cypresses, oleanders and fruit trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diggers for gold where most had failed, Smiling at deeds that brought them Fame,— Lighters of Lamps that have not failed,— Lend us your oil and share your flame.
From Elsie Inglis The Woman with the Torch by Ashwell, Lena
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