1. Someone who fights (or is fighting)
   - combatant, battler, belligerent, scrapper 
2. 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

See also: fight

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

Encyclopedia: Fighter

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