fighter

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈfaɪtɚ/ UK /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #3707

Meanings

1

noun
A person who fights, especially in a war or a sport like boxing.

The young fighter won his first professional match.
2

noun
A person who keeps trying hard despite serious difficulty or illness.

Even after the diagnosis, she remained a real fighter.
3

noun
A fast military aircraft built to destroy enemy planes.

Two fighters roared across the sky.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who fights,... belligerent

3 noun · a fast military aircraft... fighter aircraft

More combatant soldier warrior

Word family

Forms fighters

Derived forms bullfighterbushfightercockfightercopyfightercrime-fightercrimefighterfighter-bomberfighter-interceptorfighteressfistfighterforefightergunfighter

Related forms combatant

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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freedom fighter
a person described as fighting against authority to achieve political freedom

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

Etymology

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

fightere Middle English feohtere Old English

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Topics

People & Society

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# fighter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfaɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 3707

## Meanings
1. A person who fights, especially in a war or a sport like boxing.
2. A person who keeps trying hard despite serious difficulty or illness.
3. A fast military aircraft built to destroy enemy planes.

## Examples
- The young fighter won his first professional match.
- Even after the diagnosis, she remained a real fighter.
- Two fighters roared across the sky.

## Synonyms
- combatant
- soldier
- warrior

## Derived Forms
- bullfighter
- bushfighter
- cockfighter
- copyfighter
- crime-fighter
- crimefighter
- fighter-bomber
- fighter-interceptor
- fighteress
- fistfighter
- forefighter
- gunfighter

## Related Forms
- combatant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fightere
- Root: feohtere

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

## AI Etymology
Fighter comes from Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er. In current use, the main senses are “A person who fights, especially in a war or a sport like boxing” and “A person who keeps trying hard despite serious difficulty or illness”.

## Topics
- People & Society

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