a high-performance aircraft that combines the roles of fighter and bomber
fighter-bomber in American English
(ˈfaitərˈbɑmər)
noun
Military
an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber
Word origin
[1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: complementation, fluorocarbon, roomette, unit trust, walk-through
Examples of 'fighter-bomber' in a sentence
fighter-bomber
There were more than fifty reconnaissance and fighter-bomber planes on the ground.
Shah, Idries KARA KUSH
Mosquitoes accompanied their perspiring, hatted heads like a fighter-bomber escort.