Noun fighter has 3 senses
  1. combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper - someone who fights (or is fighting)
    --1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
    --1 has particulars:
     defender, withstander; boxer, pugilist; brawler; butter; fencer, swordsman; gladiator; gouger; hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock; mauler; skirmisher; street fighter, tough; victor, master, superior; wrestler, grappler, matman
    Derived forms: verb fight2, verb fight1
  2. fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
    --2 is a kind of airplane, aeroplane, plane; warplane, military plane
    --2 has particulars: interceptor; kamikaze; stealth fighter
    Derived forms: verb fight2, verb fight1
  3. champion, fighter, hero, paladin - someone who fights for a cause
    --3 is a kind of defender, guardian, protector, shielder
    Derived form: verb fight4
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