fighter
English
/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈfaɪtɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A person who fights; a combatant.
- A warrior; fighting soldier.
- A pugnacious, competitive person.
- (eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of these (Fighter-Attack or Attack aircraft) also have a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
- A boxer or participant in any martial art.
- (colloquial) A firefighter
- (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fightere inherited from Old English feohtere suffix from English fight.
Origin
English
fight
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armored combat fight English
- armoured combat fight English
- barfight English
- befight English
- bitch fight English
- bitchfight English
- bull English
- bullfight English
- bullfighter English
- bun fight English
- bunfight English
- bush English
- bushfighter English
- catfight English
- cock English
- cockfight English
- cockfighter English
- crime English
- crimefighter English
- dogfight English
- fight English
- fightability English
- fightable English
- fightback English
- fighteress English
- fightest English
- fighteth English
- fighting English
- fightwite English
- fightworthy English
- fighty English
- fire English
- firefight English
- firefighter English
- fist English
- fistfight English
- fistfighter English
- forfight English
- gun English
- gunfight English
- gunfighter English
- infight English
- megafight English
- nonfighter English
- nonfirefighter English
- outfight English
- piefight English
- postfight English
- prefight English
- prize English
- prizefight English
- prizefighter English
- refight English
- sexfight English
- shoot English
- shootfighter English
- snow English
- snowfight English
- snowfighter English
- star English
- starfighter English
- street English
- streetfight English
- streetfighter English
- superfight English
- sword English
- swordfight English
- swordfighter English
- war English
- warfighter English
- wildfire English
- wildfire-fighter English
- zero English
- zero fighter English
- ファイター Japanese
- feohtere Old English
- feghter Middle English
- fighten Middle English
- fightere Middle English
- fajt Serbo-Croatian
- pagkapayter Cebuano
- payter Cebuano
- payts Cebuano
- ファイト Korean
- paitim Tok Pisin
- feti Sranan Tongo
- faet Pijin
- war
- gun
- fist
- fire
- bush
- bull
- cock
- snow
- zero
- star
- crime
- sword
- shoot
- prize
- fight
- street
- fighty
- refight
- befight
- infight
- bunfight
- forfight
- dogfight
- catfight
- barfight
- sexfight
- outfight
- fightest
- fighting
- piefight
- fighteth
- prefight
- gunfight
- wildfire
- bun fight
- postfight
- megafight
- cockfight
- fightable
- snowfight
- firefight
- fistfight
- bullfight
- fightwite
- fightback
- bitchfight
- prizefight
- nonfighter
- gunfighter
- superfight
- swordfight
- warfighter
- fighteress
- fistfighter
- bullfighter
- starfighter
- cockfighter
- bitch fight
- streetfight
- snowfighter
- firefighter
- fightworthy
- bushfighter
- crimefighter
- shootfighter
- zero fighter
- prizefighter
- fightability
- swordfighter
- streetfighter
- nonfirefighter
- wildfire-fighter
- armored combat fight
- armoured combat fight