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FIGHTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
Synonyms:
attack aircraft; fighter; fighter aircraft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fighter" is a kind of...):
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
military plane; warplane (an aircraft designed and used for combat)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fighter"):
interceptor (a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft)
kamikaze (a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II)
stealth fighter (a fighter that is difficult to detect by radar; is built for precise targeting and uses laser-guided bombs)
Derivation:
fight (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)
fight (fight against or resist strongly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who fights for a cause
Synonyms:
champion; fighter; hero; paladin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fighter" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Derivation:
fight (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who fights (or is fighting)
Synonyms:
battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("fighter" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fighter"):
defender; withstander (a fighter who holds out against attack)
boxer; pugilist (someone who fights with his fists for sport)
brawler (a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls))
butter (a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head)
fencer; swordsman (someone skilled at fencing)
gladiator ((ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat)
gouger (an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye)
gamecock; hell-kite; hell-rooster (someone who is a very fierce fighter)
mauler (a fighter who batters the opponent)
skirmisher (someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party))
street fighter; tough (someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing)
master; superior; victor (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
grappler; matman; wrestler (combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground)
Derivation:
fight (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)
fight (fight against or resist strongly)
Context examples:
They were the lips of a fighter and of a lover.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For she knew that in the lynx's lair was a litter of kittens, and she knew the lynx for a fierce, bad-tempered creature and a terrible fighter.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Spitz was a practised fighter.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He’s more a sparrer than a fighter just at present, but when his gristle sets he’ll take on anything on the list.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The two fighters were greater brutes than they.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The Waggon and Horses was a well-known sporting house, with an old prize-fighter for landlord.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They are good fighters, and, right or wrong, they have read the books.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Boy Jim stepped across and laid his hand upon the prize-fighter’s shoulder.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The white beach, the stars, and the lights of the sugar steamers would look great, he thought, and midway on the sand the dark group of figures that surrounded the fighters.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“It would be a real pleasure to me to do it, sir,” and the famous prize-fighter, as the two walked towards us.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
