a person who fights, esp a professional boxer a person who has determination an armed aircraft designed for destroying other aircraft
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
fight•er /ˈfaɪtɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Sporta boxer.
- Militaryan aircraft designed to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft.
- a person who fights, struggles, etc., esp. a person with the courage or disposition to fight, struggle, etc.
fight•er
(fī′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- a boxer;
pugilist. - Militaryan aircraft designed to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft in the air and to protect bomber aircraft.
- a person who fights, struggles, resists, etc.
- a person with the will, courage, determination, ability, or disposition to fight, struggle, resist, etc.
- an animal, as a dog, trained to fight or having the disposition to fight.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English fēohtere. See fight, -er1
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'fighter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bader
- Barker
- Bishop
- Bloch
- Custer
- Dowding
- EFA
- F, f
- F-
- Flying Tigers
- Messerschmitt
- Mitchell
- Moulin
- P, p
- Sopwith
- TFX
- Thersites
- ace
- air-superiority
- bandit
- barrator
- bejabbers
- boxer
- brigand
- bullfighter
- champion
- clean
- close-in
- club fighter
- corsair
- cost overrun
- crash program
- crime-fighter
- de Havilland
- dirty
- dive bomber
- dogfight
- escort fighter
- fighter-bomber
- fighter-interceptor
- firefighter
- freedom fighter
- ghazi
- gunfighter
- handler
- harrier
- hurricane
- interceptor
- iron-jawed
- kemp