fighter

Meaning

Noun

• A person who fights; a combatant.
• A warrior; fighting soldier.
• A pugnacious, competitive person.
• A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
• 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.
• A boxer or participant in any martial art.
• A firefighter.
• A game with a focus on physical combat.

Related

Similar words

• warrior, combatant, soldier

Origin

• From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.