fighter

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English

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MiG-17F jet fighter

Etymology

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From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight +‎ -er.

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fighter (plural fighters)

  1. A person who fights; a combatant.
  2. A warrior; a fighting soldier.
  3. A pugnacious, competitive person.
  4. (eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
    • 2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen (lyrics and music), “Roll with the Punches”, in Two[1], performed by Lenka:
      Little weapons / Over the phone / They like to threaten / The life that I know / They say "Get over here and get into the ring" / But I'm not really much of a fighter
  5. 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.
    1. (science fiction, by extension) A starfighter
  6. A participant in boxing or any martial art.
  7. (colloquial) A firefighter.
  8. (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
    • 2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 59:
      Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.

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Noun

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fighter

  1. indefinite plural of fight