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Noun: fighter  fI-tu(r)
  1. Someone who fights (or is fighting)
    - combatant, battler, belligerent, scrapper
     
  2. (military) a high-speed military or naval aeroplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
    - fighter aircraft, attack aircraft
     
  3. Someone who fights for a cause
    - champion, hero, paladin [archaic]

Derived forms: fighters

Type of: aeroplane [Brit], airplane [N. Amer], defender, guardian, individual, military plane, mortal, person, plane, protector, shielder, somebody, someone, soul, warplane

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