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English

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Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A person who fights.
  2. A warrior.
  3. A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of these (Fighter-Attack or Attack aircraft) also have a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.


Translations

Guerrero, Combatiente

fr:fighter it:fighter lo:fighter hu:fighter pl:fighter simple:fighter fi:fighter vi:fighter zh:fighter

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fighter \Fight"er\ (f[imac]t"[~e]r), n. [AS. feohtere.]
1. One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. A boxer; a pugilist.
[PJC]

3. A person with the determination and will to persist
through great difficulty to achieve a goal; one with the
courage to fight and resist an opponent, and to struggle
with all one's powers.
[PJC]

4. (Mil.) A military aircraft designed to seek out and
destroy enemy aircraft; it is usually smaller and more
maneuvarable than aircraft designed specifically for
bombing. However, hybrid fighter-bomber aircraft that
perform both functions also are used.
[PJC]
WordNet fighter
n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler,
belligerent, scrapper]
2: a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy
enemy aircraft in the air [syn: fighter aircraft, {attack
aircraft}]
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, hero, paladin]
Moby Dictionary
Chinese boxer , bantamweight , battler , belligerent , belted knight ,
bickerer , black belt , blade , boxer , bravo , brawler , brown belt ,
bruiser , bully , bullyboy , combatant , competitor , contender ,
contestant , disputant , duelist , enforcer , featherweight , fencer ,
feuder , fighting cock , fighting man , fisticuffer , flyweight ,
foilsman , gamecock , gladiator , goon , gorilla , hatchet man ,
heavyweight , hood , hoodlum , hooligan , jouster , karate expert ,
knight , light heavyweight , lightweight , man-at-arms , middleweight ,
militant , palooka , plug-ugly , prizefighter , pug , pugilist ,
quarreler , rioter , rival , rough , rowdy , ruffian , sabreur ,
savate expert , scrapper , scuffler , serviceman , sparrer , squabbler ,
strong arm , strong-arm man , strong-armer , struggler , swaddy ,
swashbuckler , sweat , sword , swordplayer , swordsman , thug , tilter ,
tough , tussler , warrior , welterweight , wrangler


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