Fighter

Definitions

1. A person who fights; a combatant.
2. A warrior; a fighting soldier.
3. A pugnacious, competitive person.
4. A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
   poetic
5. A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
6. A starfighter
   broadly
7. A participant in boxing or any martial art.
8. A firefighter.
   colloquial
9. A game with a focus on physical combat.

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Examples

“Little weapons / Over the phone / They like⟳ to threaten⟳ / The life that I know⟳ / They say⟳ "Get⟳ over here and get⟳ into the ring⟳" / But I'm not really much of a fighter”

“Task Force⟳ 42 consisted of almost two dozen main line spinships, including the carriers Olympus Shadow and Neptune Station. Each of these can launch⟳ more than a hundred fighters or ALRs.”

“I toss around [37,654 tonne] dreadnoughts like⟳ they were fighters; dimly aware of the former crews being crushed to liquescence.”

“Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.”

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