fighter
nounUK /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈfaɪtɚ/
Etymology From Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.
9 senses
- 1A person who fights; a combatant.
- 2A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- 3A pugnacious, competitive person.
- 4A person with a strong determination to resist…
- 5A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is…
- 6A starfighter
- 7A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- 8A firefighter.
- 9A game with a focus on physical combat.
1
A person who fights; a combatant.
2
A warrior; a fighting soldier.
3
A pugnacious, competitive person.
4
Poetic A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- 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 fighter2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka:
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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.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Broadly A starfighter
- 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.1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
- I toss around [37,654 tonne] dreadnoughts like they were fighters; dimly aware of the former crews being crushed to liquescence.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary):
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A participant in boxing or any martial art.
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Colloquial A firefighter.
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Video games A game with a focus on physical combat.
- 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.2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 59:
- Derived terms
44 terms
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- combatant