fighter
IPA: fˈaɪtɝ
noun
- A person who fights; a combatant.
- A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- A pugnacious, competitive person.
- (eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- 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.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starfighter
- A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- (colloquial) A firefighter.
- (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
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Examples of "fighter" in Sentences
- Usually one fighter is slightly strong and lasts a little longer.
- Just remember, in todays world one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist!
- To go on those ups and downs and to take on the character of the fighter is a delicious challenge.
- I could even hear the jet fighter from the US air base near the Japanese factory fly overhead during the conference.
- A better legacy for her would be a graceful departure from the campaign, but her desire to be a "fighter" is too ingrained.
- Hearing such a revelation from the mouth of a British fighter is akin to discovering Bob Dylan wants to trade his acoustic guitar for a sampler.
- It seems were down to just [2] Two companies anyway, in fighter manufacturing and with all the cost of their fighting for the same contracts they would think of a join venturing.
- Hillary as a fighter is a good campaigner but Hillary as a fighter would make a lousy President because you can't get anything done by fighting and leaning on people all of the time.
- As an aside, that reminds me of an excellent post I read today over at Shakesville written by Melissa McEwan where it's mentioned how kick-ass the female characters have become in fighter-arcade style games.
- But I'll tell you this, sir, that those units that have been extended here for 15 months, I applaud what their commanders and senior non-commissioned officers have done, because they've implemented what we refer to as a fighter management program, which provides for the maximum extent possible every bit of rest and recovery we possibly can for our troopers before we push them back out in the streets.
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