Noun: fighter fI-tu(r)
- Someone who fights (or is fighting)
"The fighter refused to back down from the confrontation";
- combatant, battler, belligerent, scrapper
- Someone who fights for a cause
"She was a fighter for civil rights throughout her life";
- champion, hero, paladin [archaic]
- (military) a high-speed military or naval aeroplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
"The air force deployed its latest fighter aircraft for the mission";
- fighter aircraft
Derived forms: fighters
Type of: actor, aeroplane [Brit], airplane [N. Amer], defender, doer, guardian, military plane, plane, protector, shielder, warplane, worker
Encyclopedia: Fighter