fighter
/ˈfaɪtɚ/ noun A2- A person who fights; a combatant.
- A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- A pugnacious, competitive person.
- A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- 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.
- A starfighter
- A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- A firefighter.
Plural fighters
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In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
The prize-fighter, a heavily built young man with a stupid, obstinate, slab-sided face, stood awkwardly at the door, looking about him with a puzzled expression.
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