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Noun: street fighter
  1. A contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
    "The politician was known as a street fighter, using any means necessary to win elections"
     
  2. Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
    "The street fighter's unorthodox style caught the professional boxer off guard";
    - tough [informal]

Derived forms: street fighters

Type of: battler, belligerent, challenger, combatant, competitor, contender, fighter, rival, scrapper

Encyclopedia: Street fighter