English Explanatory Dictionary

fighter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who fights; a combatant.
  2. A warrior; a fighting soldier.
  3. A pugnacious, competitive person.
  4. A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
  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.
  6. A starfighter
  7. A participant in boxing or any martial art.
  8. A firefighter.
  9. A game with a focus on physical combat.

Pronunciation

/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ /ˈfaɪtɚ/ [ˈfaɪ̯ɾɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fighter.wav

Word forms

fighter fighters

Etymology

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

Synonyms

warrior combatant soldier

Related words

combatant

Derived words

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 crimefighter crime fighter crime-fighter deadline fighter fighter ace fighter aircraft fighter bomber fighteress fighter pilot fire fighter fistfighter forefighter foreign fighter freedom fighter gunfighter jet fighter Nerdfighter nonfighter prize fighter prizefighter shootfighter snowfighter stick-fighter street fighter streetfighter swordfighter warfighter wildfire-fighter zero fighter

Translations

Armenian: կործանիչ Belarusian: знішча́льнік Bulgarian: изтреби́тел Catalan: caça Chinese Mandarin: 戰鬥機 /战斗机 Czech: stíhačka Czech: stíhací letoun Danish: kampfly Danish: jagerfly Dutch: gevechtsvliegtuig Dutch: jachtvliegtuig Dutch: jager Estonian: hävitaja Estonian: hävituslennuk Finnish: hävittäjä French: chasseur German: Jäger German: Jagdflugzeug Italian: caccia Marathi: लढाऊ विमान Navajo: chidí naatʼaʼí dilwoʼí Norwegian Bokmål: jagerfly Norwegian Bokmål: kampfly Norwegian Nynorsk: jagarfly Norwegian Nynorsk: kampfly Persian: جنگنده Polish: myśliwiec Polish: samolot myśliwski Portuguese: caça Romanian: avion de luptă Romanian: avion de vânătoare Russian: истреби́тель Slovak: stíhacie lietadlo Slovene: lovsko letalo Spanish: caza Swedish: jaktflygplan Turkish: avçı uçağı Ukrainian: вини́щувач
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