fighter
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Noun (3)fighters
- someone who fights (or is fighting)Synonyms: combatantbattlerbelligerentscrapperType of actor, doerKinds skirmisher, victor, wrestler, boxer, gladiator, hell-kite, mauler, brawler, defender, butter +3 more
- a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the airSynonyms: fighter aircraftattack aircraftType of airplane, warplaneKinds interceptor, kamikaze, stealth fighter
- someone who fights for a causeSynonyms: championheropaladinType of defender, guardianKinds superhero
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Translations
Noun person who fights
- Spanish
- combatiente
- French
- combattant
- Italian
- combattente
- Portuguese
- lutador
- Turkish
- dövüşçü
- Russian
- боре́ц boréc
- Arabic
- مُقَاتِل muqātil
- Chinese
- 战斗者 zhàndòuzhě
- Dutch
- vechter
- Polish
- wojownik
18 more languages
- Swedish
- kämpe
- Greek
- μαχητής machitís
- Portuguese (PT)
- lutador
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 戰鬥者 zhàndòuzhě
- Albanian
- luftëtar
- Catalan
- lluitador
- Czech
- bojovník
- Danish
- kriger
- Esperanto
- batalanto
- Finnish
- taistelija
- Icelandic
- bardagamaður
- Latvian
- cīnītājs
- Romanian
- luptător
- Serbo-Croatian
- borac
- Slovak
- bojovník
- Slovenian
- borec
- Welsh
- ymladdwr
- Yiddish
- קעמפֿער kemfer
Noun warrior, combatant
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. feohtere.
1. One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. William Shakespeare
2. A boxer; a pugilist.
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.
4. Military 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors