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fighter.

A person who fights; a combatant.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfaɪtɚ/General-American[ˈfaɪ̯ɾɚ]General-American
  1. A person who fights; a combatant.

  2. A warrior; a fighting soldier.

  3. A pugnacious, competitive person.

  4. A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.

    poetic
  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.

  6. 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. A starfighter

    broadly
  7. A participant in boxing or any martial art.

  8. A firefighter.

    colloquial
  9. A game with a focus on physical combat.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.