Fighter
['faɪtə] or ['faɪtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air.
Editor: Seth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Combatant, warrior, CHAMPION.
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Examples
- You have shown yourself a mighty fighter, and we do not wish to manacle you, so we hold you both in the easiest way that will yet ensure security. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But deep in the minds of the apes was rooted the conviction that Tarzan was a mighty fighter and a strange creature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The torpedo boat destroyer is a larger and swifter boat, whose special duty it is to overtake and destroy this dangerous little fighter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I am Tarzan of the Apes--mighty fighter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I'm not aristocratic, but I do object to being seen with a person who looks like a young prize fighter, observed Jo severely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Such a fighter as you, for example, would render fine sport in the monthly rites of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was a mighty fighter, but a multitude of green warriors of another horde than his overwhelmed him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was just after Corbett had won one of his big battles as a prize-fighter, and the dismay of his opponent was excusable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Will it not rob the tribe of a great fighter? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He had killed the fierce Tublat, so was he not therefore a mighty fighter? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But he was a great fighter, and so he won through. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Be that as it may, Xodar, he is a great fighter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I am Tarzan, King of the Apes, mighty hunter, mighty fighter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As if Mr. Chadband was a fighter! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Do mighty fighters fly to the trees at the first approach of danger? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- If we prove able fighters we are permitted to fight often. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The tide of battle had not reached us, but the fighters from time to time swung close enough that we might distinctly note them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I am the greatest of the jungle fighters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- These early Greeks of the _Iliad_ are sturdy fighters, but without discipline--their battles are a confusion of single combats. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We are great fighters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- If we are not mighty fighters-- He shrugged his shoulders. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The jailers had all left to join the fighters in the throne room, so we searched the labyrinthine prison without opposition. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As though his cry was but a signal to the others, the entire great pack hurled themselves among the fighters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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