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
Other Word Forms
- nonfighter noun
Etymology
Origin of fighter
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fēohtere. See fight, -er 1
Example Sentences
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His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.
From Barron's
“One Battle After Another,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a tender father-daughter tale wrapped in a thriller about resistance fighters on the run, led the film field with nine nominations.
The arriving fighters were met with tears and vows of vengeance from hundreds of people who gathered to greet them in the northeastern Kurdish city of Qamishli, according to AFP correspondents at the scene.
From Barron's
The final Kurdish fighters have withdrawn from the Syrian city of Aleppo, after the announcement of a ceasefire deal in the early hours of Sunday morning.
From BBC
The trainer coached a run of world-beating fighters from an early age from his gym in an old church hall in Wincobank in the east end of Sheffield.
From BBC
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