Definitions for fighter
ˈfaɪ tərfight·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrappernoun

   someone who fights (or is fighting)

2. fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraftnoun

   a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

3. champion, fighter, hero, paladinnoun

   someone who fights for a cause

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Fighternoun

   A boxer; a pugilist.

2. Fighternoun

   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.

3. Fighternoun

   (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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fighternoun

   A person who fights, a combatant.

2. fighternoun

   A warrior; fighting soldier.

3. fighternoun

   A pugnacious, competitive person.

4. fighternoun

   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.

5. fighternoun

   A boxer or participant in any martial art.

6. fighternoun

   A game with a focus on physical combat.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fighternoun

   Warriour; duellist.

   Etymology: from fight.

   I will return again into the house, and desire some conduct of the lady: I am no fighter. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   O, ’tis the coldest youth upon a charge,
   The most deliberate fighter! John Dryden, All for Love.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fighter

   "The Fighter is a song co-written and recorded by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood as a duet. It was released on 6 February 2017 as the fifth and final single from Urban's 2016 album, Ripcord. Urban co-wrote and co-produced this song with busbee. The song has entered the record charts of Australia, Canada, the United States, Belgium, and Scotland, where it became Urban's first song to enter the Scottish and Belgian charts.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fighter

   A fighter is someone or something that shows endurance, courage, or determination, often by combating adversity, opposition, threats, or conflict. This can refer to a person involved in physical combat, such as a soldier or a professional boxer, as well as someone battling a disease, hardships, or advocating for a cause. A fighter can also refer to a type of combat aircraft designed to engage with enemy aircraft. The term underlines a sense of resilience and tenacity in the face of challenges.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fighternoun

   one who fights; a combatant; a warrior

2. Etymology: [AS. feohtere.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fighter

   The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics. Fighter is a generic and broad class; individual fighters have diverse backgrounds and different styles. Bodyguards, adventurers, former soldiers, invading bandit kings, or master swordsmen are all fighters, yet they come from all walks of life and backgrounds and often find themselves on very different alignments, goals, and sides in a conflict. In the 4th edition, Fighters are Martial Defenders. Other martial oriented character classes include the warlord, ranger, and rogue. Other defenders include the paladin.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fighter

   One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

Matched Categories

1. • Person

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fighter' in Nouns Frequency: #2066

Anagrams for fighter »

1. freight

2. refight

How to pronounce fighter?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fighter in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fighter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of fighter in a Sentence

1. Ted Cruz:

   I’m proud to endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Eric is a fighter who will hold China accountable, defend religious freedom, take on Big Tech, and he will protect American jobs.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   President Trump is missing an opportunity to nominate a fighter for workers, like a union member, to be Americas next Labor Department Secretary, instead, President Trump has again chosen someone who has proven to put corporate interests over those of worker rights. Workers and union members who believed President Trump when President Trump campaigned as pro-worker should feel betrayed. In 2005, Walmart hired Antonin Scalia to defend against whistleblower lawsuitsby employees who alleged wrongdoing in the company. Antonin Scalia also helped overturn a Maryland law in 2006 that would have required big companies such as Walmart to spend more on employee health care in the state. That law ran afoul of a federal statute aimed at reducing red tape for certain national employers, who otherwise would have had to afford significantly differentbenefits to employees depending on their state of employment. The Wall Street Journal wrote in 2012 that Antonin Scalia.

3. Ignasius Jonan:

   It is not normal to climb like that, it's very rare for commercial planes, which normally climb just 1,000 to 2,000 feet per minute, it can only be done by a fighter jet.

4. Chellie Pingree:

   I knew her to be a tough-as-nails role model and extraordinary communicator, she was the House’s biggest champion against antibiotic misuse and a tireless fighter for the arts.

5. President Pranab Mukherjee:

   My government has approved the induction of women as short service commission officers and as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force. In the future, my government will induct women in all the fighter streams of our armed forces, in our country 'Shakti', which means power, is the manifestation of female energy. This Shakti defines our strength.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fighter
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=fighter
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fighter
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fighter
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighter
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fighter
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html