dogfightern.
/ˈdɒɡfʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌfaɪdər/, /ˈdɑɡˌfaɪdər/ 1. A person who is connected with, involved in, or promotes the sport of dogfighting.
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1826 Times 16 June 1 Bob Barrie, the noted dog-fighter.
1859 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Times 1 Sept. 2/3 Gardner came up to the camp one evening, bringing a noted character from the Bowery, and a dog fighter.
1917 A. B. Paterson in C. Semmler World of Banjo Patterson (1967) 115 Dog-fighters who..knew exactly where the match was to take place.
1947 R. E. Day Beacon Lights of Grace iii. 43 One of these preachers..had been..a coal-pitter; another a dogfighter.
1995 Independent on Sunday 19 Feb. 9/7 Some of the ugliest thugs in the British Isles, badger-diggers, dog-fighters, everybody that enjoys sadism to animals congregates at the Waterloo Cup.
2006 Guardian 3 Jan. i. 9/2 Mr Butcher said there was a tight-knit world of dogfighters, who took pains to ensure the fights were highly organised.
2. A military aircraft which engages in dogfighting (dogfighting n. 2).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > fighter
chaser1915
pursuit aeroplane1915
skyfighter1915
fighter1917
pursuit airplane1917
pursuit plane1918
flycatcher1924
pursuit aircraft1928
pursuiter1928
night fighter1941
dogfighter1943
parasite jet fighter1948
1943 Nebraska State Jrnl. 19 Apr. 4/5 The chief function of the single seat dog fighter is to get in as many hits on an enemy fighter in as short a time as possible.
1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 27 Jan. 49 The U.S. Navy also wants a new lightweight dogfighter.
1990 D. J. Calvert Harrier (‘Aircraft Illustr.’ Special) 29/1 This [modification] did not make the Harrier into a dogfighter, but did give it a much better possibility of getting out of trouble when attacked.
2002 Toronto Star (Nexis) 11 Nov. d1 Her favourite airplane was the famous dogfighter, the Spitfire.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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