fighter
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪtɚ/, [ˈfaɪ̯ɾɚ]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]fighter (plural fighters)
- A person who fights; a combatant.
- A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- A pugnacious, competitive person.
- (eulogistic) 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.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starfighter
- 1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
- Task Force 42 consisted of almost two dozen main line spinships, including the carriers Olympus Shadow and Neptune Station. Each of these can launch more than a hundred fighters or ALRs.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary):
- I toss around [37,654 tonne] dreadnoughts like they were fighters; dimly aware of the former crews being crushed to liquescence.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starfighter
- A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- (colloquial) A firefighter.
- (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.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- (aircraft): fighter-bomber, fighter-interceptor, fighter plane, foo fighter, fighter jet, night fighter, stealth fighter, strike fighter
- booze fighter
- bullfighter
- bushfighter
- cage fighter
- choose one's fighter
- cockfighter
- copyfighter
- crime fighter
- crime-fighter
- crimefighter
- deadline fighter
- fighter aircraft
- fighter bomber
- fighteress
- fighter pilot
- fire fighter
- fistfighter
- forefighter
- foreign fighter
- freedom fighter
- gunfighter
- jet fighter
- Nerdfighter
- nonfighter
- prizefighter
- prize fighter
- shootfighter
- snowfighter
- stick-fighter
- street fighter
- streetfighter
- swordfighter
- warfighter
- wildfire-fighter
- zero fighter
Translations
[edit]person who fights
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warrior
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pugnacious, competitive person
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aircraft type
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boxer — see boxer
participant in a martial art
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]fighter
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