fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft
(noun) a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
champion, fighter, hero, paladin
(noun) someone who fights for a cause
combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
(noun) someone who fights (or is fighting)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fighter (plural fighters)
A person who fights; a combatant.
A warrior; 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 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.
(colloquial) A firefighter
(video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
• warrior, combatant, soldier
• freight, refight
Source: Wiktionary
Fight"er, n. Etym: [AS. feohtere.]
Definition: One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
