MiG-17F jet fighter
Etymology
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From Middle English fightere , fyghtor , feghtere , feghtare , fiȝtare , fiȝtere , from Old English feohtere . Equivalent to fight + -er .
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fighter (plural fighters )
A person who fights ; a combatant .
A warrior ; a fighting soldier .
A pugnacious , competitive person.
( eulogistic ) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity , especially illness .
2011 , Lenka , Ben H. Allen (lyrics and music), “Roll with the Punches”, in Two [1] , performed by Lenka:Little weapons / Over the phone / They like to threaten / The life that I know / They say "Get over here and get into the ring" / But I'm not really much of a fighter
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
( science fiction , by extension) A starfighter
A participant in boxing or any martial art .
( colloquial ) A firefighter .
( video games ) A game with a focus on physical combat .
2004 , Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks , page 59 :Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.
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person who fights
Albanian: luftëtar (sq) m
Arabic: مُبَارِز m ( mubāriz ) , مُقَاتِل ( muqātil )
Aromanian: alumtãtor m
Belarusian: барацьбі́т m ( baracʹbít ) , змага́р m ( zmahár ) , змага́рка f ( zmahárka ) , барэ́ц m ( baréc )
Bulgarian: боре́ц (bg) m ( boréc )
Catalan: lluitador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰鬥者 / 战斗者 (zh) ( zhàndòuzhě )
Coptic: ⲣⲉϥⲙⲓϣⲓ m ( refmiši ) , ⲁⲅⲱⲛⲓⲑⲉⲧⲏⲥ m ( agōnithetēs ) , ⲣⲉϥϯ m ( refti )
Czech: bojovník (cs) m
Danish: kriger c , jager (da) c
Dutch: vechter (nl) m , strijder (nl) m , kamper (nl) m , bestrijder (nl) m
Esperanto: batalanto
Estonian: võitleja
Finnish: taistelija (fi)
French: combattant (fr) m , lutteur (fr) m
Friulian: lotadôr m
Galician: loitador (gl) m
German: Kämpfer (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: μαχητής m ( makhētḗs )
Italian: combattente (it) m or f , lottatore (it) m
Latin: pugnator m , pugnātrix f
Latvian: cīnītājs m , cīnītāja f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) ( bajldagč ) , цэрэг (mn) ( cereg )
Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی ( savaşcı )
Polish: wojownik (pl) m , bojownik (pl) m
Portuguese: lutador (pt) m , lutadora f , combatente (pt) m or f
Romanian: combatant (ro) m , luptător (ro) m , combatantă f
Russian: боре́ц (ru) m ( boréc )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо́рац m , бо̀јо̄внӣк m
Roman: bórac (sh) m , bòjōvnīk (sh) m
Sicilian: luttaturi m
Slovak: bojovník m
Slovene: bórec (sl) m , bórka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wójowaŕ m
Spanish: guerrero (es) , combatiente (es) m , luchador (es) m
Swedish: kämpe (sv) c , slagskämpe c
Turkish: dövüşçü (tr)
Ukrainian: боре́ць (uk) m ( borécʹ )
Vietnamese: người hiếu chiến
Welsh: ymladdwr (cy) m
Yiddish: קעמפֿער m ( kemfer )
warrior
Arabic: مُحَارِب m ( muḥārib ) , مُقَاتِل m ( muqātil )
Belarusian: бае́ц m ( bajéc ) , вая́к m ( vaják ) , во́ін m ( vóin )
Bulgarian: бое́ц (bg) m ( boéc )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰士 / 战士 (zh) ( zhànshì ) , 武士 (zh) ( wǔshì )
Czech: bojovník (cs) m , válečník (cs) m
Danish: kriger c , stridsmand c
Dutch: krijger (nl) m , strijder (nl) m , kamper (nl) m
Estonian: võitleja
Finnish: soturi (fi)
French: combattant (fr) m , lutteur (fr) m , guerrier (fr) m
German: Kämpfer (de) m , Krieger (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: μαχητής m ( makhētḗs ) , πολεμιστής m ( polemistḗs )
Italian: guerriero (it) m
Japanese: 戦士 (ja) ( せんし, senshi ) , 武士 (ja) ( ぶし, bushi )
Korean: 싸울아비 ( ssaurabi ) , 전사(戰士) (ko) ( jeonsa ) , 무사(武士) (ko) ( musa )
Latin: bellātor m , bellātrix (la) f
Latvian: karotājs m , cīnītājs m , karavīrs m
Macedonian: воин m ( voin )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) ( bajldagč )
Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی ( savaşcı )
Polish: żołnierz (pl) m
Portuguese: guerreiro (pt) m , guerreira (pt) f
Romanian: războinic (ro) m , luptător (ro) m , războinică f
Russian: бое́ц (ru) m ( bojéc ) , во́ин (ru) m ( vóin )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏тнӣк m
Roman: rȁtnīk (sh) m
Slovak: bojovník m
Slovene: bojevnik m , vojščak (sl) m
Spanish: guerrero (es) m
Swedish: krigare (sv) c
Tocharian B: wetāᵤ
Turkish: savaşçı (tr)
Ukrainian: боє́ць (uk) m ( bojécʹ ) , воя́к m ( voják ) , во́їн m ( vójin )
Vietnamese: quân nhân (vi)
Yiddish: קעמפֿער m ( kemfer )
pugnacious, competitive person
participant in a martial art
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