fighter

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪtɚ/, [ˈfaɪ̯ɾɚ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

fighter (plural fighters)

1. A person who fights; a combatant.
2. A warrior; a fighting soldier.
3. A pugnacious, competitive person.
4. (eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
   • 2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two‎, performed by Lenka:

     Little weapons / Over the phone / They like to threaten / The life that I know / They say "Get over here and get into the ring" / But I'm not really much of a fighter

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.
   1. (science fiction, by extension) A starfighter
      • 1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:

        Task Force 42 consisted of almost two dozen main line spinships, including the carriers Olympus Shadow and Neptune Station. Each of these can launch more than a hundred fighters or ALRs.

      • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary):

        I toss around [37,654 tonne] dreadnoughts like they were fighters; dimly aware of the former crews being crushed to liquescence.

6. A participant in boxing or any martial art.
7. (colloquial) A firefighter.
8. (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
   • 2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 59:

     Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.

Synonyms

• warrior, combatant, soldier

Derived terms

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

Translations

person who fights

Albanian: luftëtar (sq) m Arabic: مُبَارِز m (mubāriz), مُقَاتِل (muqātil) Aromanian: alumtãtor m Belarusian: барацьбі́т m (baracʹbít), змага́р m (zmahár), змага́рка f (zmahárka), барэ́ц m (baréc) Bulgarian: боре́ц (bg) m (boréc) Catalan: lluitador (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 戰鬥者 / 战斗者 (zh) (zhàndòuzhě) Coptic: ⲣⲉϥⲙⲓϣⲓ m (refmiši), ⲁⲅⲱⲛⲓⲑⲉⲧⲏⲥ m (agōnithetēs), ⲣⲉϥϯ m (refti) Czech: bojovník (cs) m Danish: kriger c, jager (da) c Dutch: vechter (nl) m, strijder (nl) m, kamper (nl) m, bestrijder (nl) m Esperanto: batalanto Estonian: võitleja Finnish: taistelija (fi) French: combattant (fr) m, lutteur (fr) m Friulian: lotadôr m Galician: loitador (gl) m German: Kämpfer (de) m Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís) Ancient: μαχητής m (makhētḗs) Icelandic: bardagamaður m Italian: combattente (it) m or f, lottatore (it) m Latin: pugnator m, pugnātrix f Latvian: cīnītājs m, cīnītāja f Marathi: लढवय्या m (laḍhvayyā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) (bajldagč), цэрэг (mn) (cereg) Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı) Polish: wojownik (pl) m, bojownik (pl) m Portuguese: lutador (pt) m, lutadora f, combatente (pt) m or f Romanian: combatant (ro) m, luptător (ro) m, combatantă f Russian: боре́ц (ru) m (boréc) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бо́рац m, бо̀јо̄внӣк m Roman: bórac (sh) m, bòjōvnīk (sh) m Sicilian: luttaturi m Slovak: bojovník (sk) m Slovene: bórec (sl) m, bórka f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wójowaŕ m Spanish: guerrero (es), combatiente (es) m, luchador (es) m Swedish: kämpe (sv) c, slagskämpe c Turkish: dövüşçü (tr) Ukrainian: боре́ць (uk) m (borécʹ) Vietnamese: người hiếu chiến Welsh: ymladdwr (cy) m Yiddish: קעמפֿער m (kemfer)

warrior

Arabic: مُحَارِب m (muḥārib), مُقَاتِل m (muqātil) Belarusian: бае́ц m (bajéc), вая́к m (vaják), во́ін m (vóin) Bulgarian: бое́ц (bg) m (boéc) Chinese: Mandarin: 戰士 / 战士 (zh) (zhànshì), 武士 (zh) (wǔshì) Czech: bojovník (cs) m, válečník (cs) m Danish: kriger c, stridsmand c Dutch: krijger (nl) m, strijder (nl) m, kamper (nl) m Estonian: võitleja, sõdalane (et) Finnish: soturi (fi) French: combattant (fr) m, lutteur (fr) m, guerrier (fr) m German: Kämpfer (de) m, Krieger (de) m Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís), πολεμιστής (el) m (polemistís), αγωνιστής (el) (agonistís) Ancient: μαχητής m (makhētḗs), πολεμιστής m (polemistḗs) Italian: guerriero (it) m Japanese: 戦士 (ja) (せんし, senshi), 武士 (ja) (ぶし, bushi) Korean: 싸울아비 (ssaurabi), 전사(戰士) (ko) (jeonsa), 무사(武士) (ko) (musa) Latin: bellātor m, bellātrix (la) f Latvian: karotājs m, cīnītājs m, karavīrs m Macedonian: воин m (voin) Marathi: योद्धा m (yoddhā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) (bajldagč) Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı) Polish: żołnierz (pl) m Portuguese: guerreiro (pt) m, guerreira (pt) f Romanian: războinic (ro) m, luptător (ro) m, războinică f Russian: бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), во́ин (ru) m (vóin) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра̏тнӣк m Roman: rȁtnīk (sh) m Slovak: bojovník (sk) m Slovene: bojevnik m, vojščak (sl) m Spanish: guerrero (es) m Swedish: krigare (sv) c Tocharian B: wetāᵤ Turkish: savaşçı (tr) Ukrainian: боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ), воя́к m (voják), во́їн m (vójin) Vietnamese: quân nhân (vi) Yiddish: קעמפֿער m (kemfer)

pugnacious, competitive person

Dutch: vechter (nl) m, kamper (nl) m Estonian: võistleja, taidleja Finnish: taistelija (fi) French: battant (fr) m German: Kämpfer (de) m Greek: αγωνιστής (el) m (agonistís) Polish: wojownicza osoba f Portuguese: lutador (pt) m, lutadora f Romanian: luptător (ro) m, persoană combativă f, persoană bătăioasă f Russian: бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc) Swedish: kämpe (sv) c

aircraft type

Armenian: կործանիչ (hy) (korcaničʻ) Belarusian: знішча́льнік (be) m (zniščálʹnik) Bulgarian: изтреби́тел (bg) m (iztrebítel) Catalan: caça (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 戰鬥機 / 战斗机 (zh) (zhàndòujī) Czech: stíhačka (cs) f, stíhací letoun m Danish: kampfly n, jagerfly (da) n Dutch: gevechtsvliegtuig (nl) n, jachtvliegtuig (nl) n, jager (nl) m Estonian: hävitaja, hävituslennuk Finnish: hävittäjä (fi) French: chasseur (fr) German: Jäger (de) m, Jagdflugzeug (de) n Italian: caccia (it) m Marathi: लढाऊ विमान n (laḍhāū vimān) Navajo: chidí naatʼaʼí dilwoʼí Norwegian: Bokmål: jagerfly n, kampfly n Nynorsk: jagarfly n, kampfly n Persian: جنگنده (fa) (jangande) Polish: myśliwiec (pl), samolot myśliwski m Portuguese: caça (pt) Romanian: avion de luptă n, avion de vânătoare n Russian: истреби́тель (ru) m (istrebítelʹ) Slovak: stíhacie lietadlo n Slovene: lovsko letalo n Spanish: caza (es) Swedish: jaktflygplan (sv) n Turkish: avçı uçağı Ukrainian: вини́щувач m (vynýščuvač)

boxer — see boxer

participant in a martial art

Bulgarian: бое́ц (bg) m (boéc) Dutch: vechter (nl) m, vechtsporter m, kamper (nl) m, kampvechter (nl) m Estonian: võitleja, kakleja Finnish: kamppailija (fi) Portuguese: lutador (pt) m, lutadora f Romanian: luptător (ro) m, luptătoare (ro) f Russian: боре́ц (ru) m (boréc), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc)

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See also

• combatant

Anagrams

• freight, refight

Swedish

Noun

fighter

1. indefinite plural of fight