fightern.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪdər/

Etymology: ? Old English feohtere (Lye) = Old High German fehtâri (Middle High German vehtære , modern German fechter ): see fight v. and -er suffix¹.

a. One who fights; occasionally a fighting man, a warrior.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun]

wyec900

rinkeOE

earlOE

manlOE

champion?c1225

warrer?c1225

drightmanc1275

here-dringc1275

here-gumec1275

here-kempec1275

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battlerc1300

fighterc1300

battle-wrighta1400

man-of-war1449

frekec1475

war-manc1485

combatant1489

Mars1565

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combater1598

Mavortian1598

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fire-eater1792

war-wolf1810

war-hound1812

war-dog1846

toa1860

Mavors1868

fightist1877

ninja1964

simba1964

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who

fighterc1300

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militant1610

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combatant1646

conflicter1658

counter-scufflera1672

agonist1687

scrambler1687

protagonist1837

belligerent1839

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights

fighterc1300

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combater1598

viragoa1616

scuffler1633

blue hen's chicken (also chick)c1800

scrapper1874

fightist1877

c1300 K. Alis. 5703 Alle his gode fightteres.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 66/1 This geaunt hath ben a fightar fro his chyldehod.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 102 He had of fechtaris with hym thar Ane hundreth thousand men and ma.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. x. 16 Sheep and Doves are no good fighters against Wolves and Hawks.

1763 C. Churchill Ghost (ed. 3) i. 13 Whether repletion is not bad, And fighters with full stomachs mad.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xx. 125 I've seen them [writers] balance even the scale with fighters.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 11 He did not look much like a fighter.

figurative.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18081 A faint fighter me thinc er þou.c1430 Life St. Katherine (Gibbs) 64 My lord ihesu criste whyche is þe hope and croune of alle his fyghters.1656 S. Winter Serm. 181 Lest you seem to..be found fighters against the Lord of hosts.1861 R. C. Trench Comm. Epist. 7 Churches Asia 86 These daring fighters against God.

†b. One employed to fight; a champion, bully.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat > on behalf of another

campionc1270

championc1330

fighter1619

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iv. sig. G4^v Y'are growne a glorious whore, where bee your Fighters?

c1683 in Roxburghe Ballads V. 215 Keep Frank still for your writer, And Poulteney for your fighter.

†2. A pugnacious person; a brawler. Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one fond of fighting

cockera1275

fighter1413

fighting cock1546

firedrake1613

fire-eater1792

frampler1820

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxxv. 83 Robbours..fyghters and debatours.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1751 The fortune of feghters may be fell chaunse.

1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 4 §3 Fray-makers and Fighters.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Tim. iii. 3 No fighter, nor couetous.

3. Aeronautics. A high-speed military aircraft designed for aerial combat.

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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

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 260 The fighters guard the bombers until the eggs are dropped.

1936 Economist 8 Feb. 294/2 There will still be..two squadrons of bombing machines..to one squadron of fighters.

1960 C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane i. xvi. 139 (caption) The turbojet Gloster Javelin fighter.

1971 H. F. King World's Fighters xi. 116 Several different armament combinations are possible on the Lightning fighter.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

fighter aerodrome n.

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1941 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 19 Mar.–13 May 43 He sent large forces to deal with fighter aerodromes in the south and south-east of England.

fighter cover n.

ΚΠ

1941 D. Garnett War in Air 107 The number of Fighters with the Air Component of the B.E.F. was increased..and Fighter cover was given on the Western flank.

fighter duty n.

ΚΠ

1934 Times 28 July 9/5 It is a tribute to the success of the Territorial experiment..that these squadrons should have been chosen for fighter duty.

fighter escort n.

ΚΠ

1939 War Weekly 24 Nov. 139/4 In the hours of darkness fighter-planes will rarely, if ever, attack bombers, and, therefore, raids carried out entirely in darkness have no need of fighter escort.

fighter machine n.

ΚΠ

1919 N. Flower Hist. Great War XIII. 121/2 The German aviation service was in extreme need of fighter machines..and aerial machine-gunners.

fighter patrol n.

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1917 Flying 3 Oct. 161/2 A fighter patrol met a large formation of Albatross scouts.

fighter pilot n.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > fighter pilot

skyfighter1915

fighter pilot1936

1936 Air Stories Dec. 573/2 The likelihood of securing a hit is in the proportion of 9 to 1 in favour of the fighter pilot.

1939 Flight 19 Oct. 309 Fighter pilots in crews' quarters on an aerodrome.

1971 Sunday Times 1 Aug. 3/6 The fighter pilot..parachuted to safety.

fighter plane n.

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1935 Economist 17 Aug. 320/1 Unless the raiding enemy can be located he is immune..from the defending fighter planes.

fighter screen n.

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1941 Battle of Britain, Aug.–Oct. 1940 13 The covering fighter screen flew at very great heights.

fighter squadron n.

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1932 19th Cent. Feb. 202 The enemy forces which are locked up by attack are fighter squadrons.

fighter strip n.

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1944 Birmingham (Alabama) News 25 Apr. 1/1 Australian Royal Air Force engineers worked at night under floodlights..to repair the bomber and fighter strips.

fighter umbrella n.

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1942 Flight 27 Aug. 218/2 Everything..depended on the British fighter umbrella.

C2.

fighter-bomber n. an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > combined fighter and bomber

fighter-bomber1936

1936 Air Stories Dec. 544/1 The R.A.F.'s latest fighter-bomber is as fast as any fighter yet in service anywhere in the world.

1959 Observer 14 June 16/2 American fighter-bombers equipped with nuclear weapons.

Fighter Command n. the headquarters controlling the operation of a fleet of fighters.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > headquarters

Fighter Command1941

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > branches of

air arm1913

W.R.A.F1918

Fleet Air Arm1923

Bomber Command1939

WAAF1939

Coastal Command1940

Air Training Corps1941

Fighter Command1941

WASP1943

1941 Aeronautics Dec. 39/1 ‘Fighter Command’ did not pass into Everyman's vocabulary until well after the beginning of the war.

1942 Jane's All World's Aircraft 1941 13a/1 Fighter Command's contribution to the bombing offensive opened on November 1, 1941, when the new Hawker ‘Hurricane II’ fighter-bomber..went into action.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fighter
释义	fightern. Brit. /ˈfʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪdər/ Etymology: ? Old English feohtere (Lye) = Old High German fehtâri (Middle High German vehtære , modern German fechter ): see fight v. and -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who fights; occasionally a fighting man, a warrior. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] wyec900 rinkeOE earlOE manlOE champion?c1225 warrer?c1225 drightmanc1275 here-dringc1275 here-gumec1275 here-kempec1275 wal-kempc1275 warrior1297 battlerc1300 fighterc1300 battle-wrighta1400 man-of-war1449 frekec1475 war-manc1485 combatant1489 Mars1565 warfarer1591 combater1598 Mavortian1598 brave1601 fire-eater1792 war-wolf1810 war-hound1812 war-dog1846 toa1860 Mavors1868 fightist1877 ninja1964 simba1964 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who fighterc1300 strivera1400 contender1547 struggler1554 contentioner1593 militant1610 contendent1623 combatant1646 conflicter1658 counter-scufflera1672 agonist1687 scrambler1687 protagonist1837 belligerent1839 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights fighterc1300 viragoa1387 barratora1400 combatant1489 combater1598 viragoa1616 scuffler1633 blue hen's chicken (also chick)c1800 scrapper1874 fightist1877 c1300 K. Alis. 5703 Alle his gode fightteres. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 66/1 This geaunt hath ben a fightar fro his chyldehod. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 102 He had of fechtaris with hym thar Ane hundreth thousand men and ma. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. x. 16 Sheep and Doves are no good fighters against Wolves and Hawks. 1763 C. Churchill Ghost (ed. 3) i. 13 Whether repletion is not bad, And fighters with full stomachs mad. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xx. 125 I've seen them [writers] balance even the scale with fighters. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 11 He did not look much like a fighter. figurative.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18081 A faint fighter me thinc er þou.c1430 Life St. Katherine (Gibbs) 64 My lord ihesu criste whyche is þe hope and croune of alle his fyghters.1656 S. Winter Serm. 181 Lest you seem to..be found fighters against the Lord of hosts.1861 R. C. Trench Comm. Epist. 7 Churches Asia 86 These daring fighters against God. †b. One employed to fight; a champion, bully. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat > on behalf of another campionc1270 championc1330 fighter1619 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. iv. sig. G4^v Y'are growne a glorious whore, where bee your Fighters? c1683 in Roxburghe Ballads V. 215 Keep Frank still for your writer, And Poulteney for your fighter. †2. A pugnacious person; a brawler. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one fond of fighting cockera1275 fighter1413 fighting cock1546 firedrake1613 fire-eater1792 frampler1820 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxxv. 83 Robbours..fyghters and debatours. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1751 The fortune of feghters may be fell chaunse. 1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 4 §3 Fray-makers and Fighters. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Tim. iii. 3 No fighter, nor couetous. 3. Aeronautics. A high-speed military aircraft designed for aerial combat. ΘΚΠ 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 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 260 The fighters guard the bombers until the eggs are dropped. 1936 Economist 8 Feb. 294/2 There will still be..two squadrons of bombing machines..to one squadron of fighters. 1960 C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane i. xvi. 139 (caption) The turbojet Gloster Javelin fighter. 1971 H. F. King World's Fighters xi. 116 Several different armament combinations are possible on the Lightning fighter. Compounds C1. General attributive. fighter aerodrome n. ΚΠ 1941 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 19 Mar.–13 May 43 He sent large forces to deal with fighter aerodromes in the south and south-east of England. fighter cover n. ΚΠ 1941 D. Garnett War in Air 107 The number of Fighters with the Air Component of the B.E.F. was increased..and Fighter cover was given on the Western flank. fighter duty n. ΚΠ 1934 Times 28 July 9/5 It is a tribute to the success of the Territorial experiment..that these squadrons should have been chosen for fighter duty. fighter escort n. ΚΠ 1939 War Weekly 24 Nov. 139/4 In the hours of darkness fighter-planes will rarely, if ever, attack bombers, and, therefore, raids carried out entirely in darkness have no need of fighter escort. fighter machine n. ΚΠ 1919 N. Flower Hist. Great War XIII. 121/2 The German aviation service was in extreme need of fighter machines..and aerial machine-gunners. fighter patrol n. ΚΠ 1917 Flying 3 Oct. 161/2 A fighter patrol met a large formation of Albatross scouts. fighter pilot n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > fighter pilot skyfighter1915 fighter pilot1936 1936 Air Stories Dec. 573/2 The likelihood of securing a hit is in the proportion of 9 to 1 in favour of the fighter pilot. 1939 Flight 19 Oct. 309 Fighter pilots in crews' quarters on an aerodrome. 1971 Sunday Times 1 Aug. 3/6 The fighter pilot..parachuted to safety. fighter plane n. ΚΠ 1935 Economist 17 Aug. 320/1 Unless the raiding enemy can be located he is immune..from the defending fighter planes. fighter screen n. ΚΠ 1941 Battle of Britain, Aug.–Oct. 1940 13 The covering fighter screen flew at very great heights. fighter squadron n. ΚΠ 1932 19th Cent. Feb. 202 The enemy forces which are locked up by attack are fighter squadrons. fighter strip n. ΚΠ 1944 Birmingham (Alabama) News 25 Apr. 1/1 Australian Royal Air Force engineers worked at night under floodlights..to repair the bomber and fighter strips. fighter umbrella n. ΚΠ 1942 Flight 27 Aug. 218/2 Everything..depended on the British fighter umbrella. C2. fighter-bomber n. an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > combined fighter and bomber fighter-bomber1936 1936 Air Stories Dec. 544/1 The R.A.F.'s latest fighter-bomber is as fast as any fighter yet in service anywhere in the world. 1959 Observer 14 June 16/2 American fighter-bombers equipped with nuclear weapons. Fighter Command n. the headquarters controlling the operation of a fleet of fighters. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > headquarters Fighter Command1941 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > branches of air arm1913 W.R.A.F1918 Fleet Air Arm1923 Bomber Command1939 WAAF1939 Coastal Command1940 Air Training Corps1941 Fighter Command1941 WASP1943 1941 Aeronautics Dec. 39/1 ‘Fighter Command’ did not pass into Everyman's vocabulary until well after the beginning of the war. 1942 Jane's All World's Aircraft 1941 13a/1 Fighter Command's contribution to the bombing offensive opened on November 1, 1941, when the new Hawker ‘Hurricane II’ fighter-bomber..went into action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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