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Definition: Fighter |
FighterNoun1. Someone who fights (or is fighting). 2. A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air. 3. Someone who fights for a cause. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fighter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Note: Fighter \Fight"er\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression feohtere.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Military | A generic term to describe a type of fast and maneuverable fixed wing aircraft capable of tactical air operations against air and/or surface targets. (references) |
Military & Defense | Aircraft designed to intercept and destroy other aircraft and/or missiles in the air. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Beat 'em ups are video gamess in which players fight each other with martial arts. Along with shoot 'em ups, they are traditionally at home in the arcades, and are distinguished from wrestling, boxing and "ultimate fighting" video games, which are concerned with sporting events and often tied to a real-world sports franchise.The term "beat 'em up" can refer to either of two similar but distinct kinds of game.
Side-scrolling beat 'em ups
In this type, one or more players (most often two, but sometimes as high as six) each choose a unique character, and team up to punch, kick, throw and slash their way through a horde of computer-controlled enemies. The fighting happens in a series of side-scrolling stages, some with a powerful 'boss' enemy at the end. In the most common variation, players can move away and toward the screen as well as left and right, although earlier beat 'em ups such as Kung Fu (1984) were more likely to allow only one-dimensional movement plus jumping.
Capcom revolutionised the genre with Final Fight (1989), and continued to produce some of the most popular games from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. At the its height, the side-scroller was one of the most popular kind of arcade game (a Simpsons beat 'em up was released in 1991), but they have since fallen out of fashion.
One-on-one beat 'em ups / Fighters
In the other kind of beat 'em ups, also called 'fighters', battles are fought between two characters with various strengths and weaknesses over three bouts, with the winner either knocking out the rival, causing him to leave the ring or fairing better over the majority of the bout. The combatants are either unarmed or armed with close fighting weapons (swords, sticks, nunchaku, and so on). Fighters are competitive rather than cooperative, and are some of the most-played games in national and international gaming tournaments.
The 2D/3D difference
Fighters are either two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D).
Characters in 2D fighters (Street Fighter, Guilty Gear, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat, Primal Rage) are hand-drawn/digitized and animated sprites, and can move left and right and duck and jump, but in most games they can't sidestep or move 'closer to the screen'. The player's viewpoint scrolls in various directions but stays at a fixed angle. Common gameplay mechanics are exaggerated jumps, special moves (which combine magic attacks, projectile attacks, and attacks with a markedly more exotic nature then 3d fighting games) and an "air/ground/low" attack/block system.
In 3D fighters (Virtua Fighter, Soul Calibur), the characters and stages are rendered, polygon-based models. The player's viewpoint is not fixed and can rotate and move in any direction, as can the characters. In contrast with the gameplay of 2D fighters, jumping is a minor element, there are few if any projectile attacks (special moves usually consist most of punches kicks and throws with some special properties), and a "high/mid/low" attack/block system is used.
Notable developers
- Capcom are best known for the Street Fighter (1987) series, whose hugely innovative second incarnation (Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, 1991) virtually invented the modern fighting game. They have since released a plethora of sequels, spin-offs, remakes, movie tie-ins and 'versus' games. Their most recent significant contributions to the genre are Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
- Rare made an astonishing 2D fighting game called Killer Instinct. It had very nice graphics. and a unique combo style. They invented the autodoubles, the ultra (a very big combo to finish the opponent). It was released for Arcade, as well for Nintendo 64. Its sequel for Arcade is Killer Instinct 2 and its Nintendo 64 version is Killer Instinct Gold.
- Midway caused an incredible amount of controversy with 1992's Mortal Kombat, a 2D fighter with semi-realistic sprites and gratuitous, cartoonish gore. The most recent games, Mortal Kombat IV and Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, are in 3D. The Mortal Kombat franchise is the best selling video game franchise of all time, and Mortal Kombat 2 was the best selling individual fighting arcade game.
- Namco, the creators of Tekken and Soul Calibur (1998), are the other major player in the fighter world. They are the most popular 3D fighters, but many fighter enthusiasts consider Virtua Fighter to be a 'deeper' game.
- Sammy, a pachinko company, are responsible for the Guilty Gear series, a 2D fighting game renowned for its strange character design and unique gameplay, also featuring the highest resolution 2d graphics in a fighting game.
- SEGA's AM2 team are the developers of the 3D Virtua Fighter series (1993), which has seen four versions. It is considered by many fighter enthusiasts to be the deepest of the 3D fighters. Fighting Vipers was a similar game by AM2 with a glam rock theme, but did poorly in the US and Europe.
- SNK were the makers of the long-running King of Fighters series for Neo Geo consoles and arcade machines. Almost as prolific as Capcom, they declared bankruptcy in 2002. However, the company Playmore has acquired the rights to the SNK name and much of its intellectual property.
Glossary of common fighter terms
; Block : When a character is blocking, he is in a defensive state that protects him from being damaged by his opponent's moves. Usually there is more than one kind of block (most often 'high' and 'low), each of which protects against and is vulnerable to different classes of moves. In most games, blocking can be countered by a throw move.
; Combo : A series of attacks that cannot be blocked if the first hit is not blocked. The use of the term originated with Street Fighter II, in which combos were performed by hitting with one move and then interrupting its 'recovery time' with the inputs for another move (this technique is called 'buffering'). In 3d games the word combo is used more loosely, as refrencing a series of moves which execute much faster as a sequence then individually, not neciserally being unblockable the whole time.
; Juggle : A combo in which the victim is hit multiple times in midair. If a particular move is used to launch the victim into the air, that move is called a 'launcher', 'floater' or 'juggle starter'.
; Life : (Also called energy, health, or vitality) A character's life is how much more damage he can take, and is usually represented by a bar at the top of the screen. When a character's life is reduced to 0 or below, he is knocked out and loses the round.
; Ring out : Many 3D games allow victory not just by knockout or time over, but by sending your opponent out of the fighting area. A victory achieved this way is a ring out.
; Special move : A move is simply a fighting technique such as a kick or a throw. Each character will have many moves, each performed by a different combination of joystick movements and/or button presses. A 'special move' is a unique, sometimes difficult-to-perform move that often has an exaggerated or supernatural effect. Some games also include 'supers', powerful but costly special moves. In 3d games the name special move is sometimes given to moves that would normally be considered normal moves in 2d games.
; String : A sequence of attacks. Usually the term is used to refer to strings that aren't combos.
; Stun : If a character is stunned, he is in a temporary state of helplessness caused by powerful or rapid hits. This usually means the opponent is guaranteed a 'free hit'. This state is also called 'dazed' or 'dizzy'. Stun is also a more general term for a short 'frozen' state after blocking a move or performing a move that is blocked.
; Time over : Typically, players have under a minute to try to knock each other out. If time runs out before one player does enough damage to the other, the player who has done the most overall damage wins the round. This is a time over.
See also : Video game
- Eternal Champions series
- King of Fighters series
- Guilty Gear series
- Killer Instinct series
- Mortal Kombat series
- Powerstone series
- Rise of the Robots
- Soul Calibur series
- Street Fighter series
- Tekken series
- Virtua Fighter series
- X-Men series
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beat 'em up."
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In RPGss (role-playing games), fighters are generally the main, all-around swordsman or knight (the latter may be closer to the paladin class, however). In Dungeons & Dragons, the fighter receives the most "skill" (through his multitude of feats). In other video games, fighters may be simply the general term used for "cliché" sword and shield soldiers.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fighter (RPG)."
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A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft. Compare with bomber. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and highly manoeuverable, and have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapons systems to find and shoot down other aircraft.At one time, just before the opening of World War II, there were two types of fighters. Smaller single-engine planes were used as interceptors and day fighters, sometimes referred to as pursuit, while larger twin-engine designs were used as heavy fighters. The later role proved to be unworkable, or at least not enough effort was put into them to remain useful. They then found themselves being converted to an ever-growing list of secondary roles, including strike fighters, bomber destroyers and night fighters, where their two engines gave them the increased payload needed to fill these roles.
As the performance of aircraft engines improved, notably with the jet engine in the 1960s, the need for different designs gradually disappeared. First the interceptor, bomber destroyer and night fighter designs merged into a single aircraft class. Later advances in targeting systems and the ever-increasing payloads meant that modern fighters can carry a load as large as the biggest WWII bombers, eliminating many of the bomber and attack aircraft roles as well. Today there are typically only two general fighter designs, smaller planes which make up the backbone of most air forces, and larger designs that operate at longer distances, sometimes referred to as interdictors.
Fighter aircraft developed during World War I, when they were tasked with hunting down enemy reconnaissance aircraft and balloons. Engine power was so limited that they were barely able to lift themselves, but by the end of the war they had become one of the primary designs in the inventory.
By the time of World War II fighter aircraft were extremely important. Control of the sky, or air superiority, had become a vital part of military doctrine, notably in the case of the blitzkrieg. The Luftwaffe's inability to destroy the British fighter squadrons during the Battle of Britain made the seaborne invasion of Britain infeasible. As engine power grew, existing designs were increasingly used in other roles, with aircraft like the Republic P-47 and Hawker Typhoon becoming celibrated attack aircraft.
Messerschmitt developed the first operational jet fighter, the Me 262, proving to be significantly faster than conventional propeller-driven aircraft. In general terms these were untouchable as long as the pilot used the speed advantage. They could simply fly away from defending fighters, or in the hands of a more competent pilot, they could run down opposing fighters so quickly they simply didn't have time to get out of the way of its guns. They were little used, partly due to German fuel shortages. Moreover, their speed advantage was significantly negated by Hitler's insistence that they be used primarily as fighter bombers. Nevertheless the plane clearly pointed to the end of the propeller engine for fighters. Great Britain soon followed with their Gloster Meteor, and by the end of the war almost all work on piston powered fighters had ended.
In the 1950s, jet-engined fighter planes capable of supersonic flight were developed. Power remained low, and the designs were dedicated to specific roles. Any particular air force might deploy three or four designs, day fighters, night fighters, attack planes, etc.
These distinctions continued to erode during the 1960s. One of the classic "multi-role" aircraft is the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, which was used in practically every role. By the 1970s this evolution was largely complete. Current developments include reducing the radar visibility of fighters, techniques known as stealth, as well as increased range at supersonic speeds and better manoeuverability.
Historical overview
1914-1918
Aerial combat first evolved during World War I
- French aviator Roland Garros became the first flying "ace" (a pilot who shoots down five or more enemy aircraft) when he affixed machine guns to his aircraft (Morane-Saulnier Type L) which fired through the propeller, although he used crude metal deflector plates (the bullets hit the propeller but were deflected aside) rather than interruptor gear. Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker developed the first interruptor for the machine gun, which prevents bullets from hitting the propeller of the aircraft.
- Significant aircraft:
- Nieuport
- Fokker: Fokker Dr.I, Fokker D.VII
- S.P.A.D, or "Spad"
- Sopwith Camel
- RAE SE5a
- Albatros
1919-1938
1939-1945
- Britain
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Hawker Hurricane
- Hawker Typhoon
- Hawker Tempest
- De Havilland Mosquito
- Gloster Meteor
- France
- Dewoitine D.520
- Germany
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Messerschmitt Bf 110
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Messerschmitt Me 163
- Messerschmitt Me 262
- Heinkel He 162
- See also List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe
- Italy
- Macchi C202
- Macchi C205
- Japan
- Mitsubishi Zero
- Poland
- PZL P.7a
- PZL P.11c
- Russia
- Mikoyan MiG-3
- Yakolev Yak-9
- United States
- Vought F4U Corsair
- Grumman F6F Hellcat
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning
- Bell P-39 Airacobra
- Curtiss P-40
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
- North American P-51 Mustang
- Sweden
- Saab J21
- Many of these fighters would do over 400 m.p.h. in level flight, and were fast enough in a dive that they started encountering the effects of getting too close to the speed of sound, occasionally even to the point of breaking up in flight. Dive brakes were developed late in WW II to minimize these problems and restore control to the pilots.
1945-1952
The first generation of production jet fighter planes had performance problems near sonic speed (similar to that of the latest piston engined fighters) until aeronautical engineer Richard Whitcomb discovered the "area rule" in 1952. Subsequent designs featured a "bottle-shaped" fuselage that improved performance. This would be an important distinction between early jet fighters (F-86, etc.) and later ones, like the F-5.
- U.S.
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet
- North American F-86 Sabre
- North American F-100 Super Sabre
- Grumman Panther
- Grumman Cougar
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
- McDonnell XF85 Goblin
- U.S.S.R
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Britain
- de Havilland Vampire
- Hawker Hunter
- France
- Dassault MD 450
- Dassualt Mystere IVB
- Dassault MD 550 Mirage I
- Sweden
- Saab Tunnan
- Saab Lansen
- Saab Draken
1953-present
- Canada
- Avro CF-100
- Avro Arrow
- Europe
- Panavia Tornado
- Eurofighter Typhoon
- France
- Dassault Super Etendard
- Dassault Mirage III
- Dassault Mirage F1
- Dassault Mirage 2000
- Dassault Rafale
- U.S.
- F-4 Phantom II
- F-5 Freedom Fighter
- F-14 Tomcat
- F-15 Eagle
- F-16 Fighting Falcon
- F-117 Nighthawk
- F/A-18 Hornet
- U.S.S.R
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29
- Sukhoi Su-27
- Sweden
- Saab Viggen
- Saab Gripen
- Britain
- English Electric Lightning
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier
- Yugoslavia
- Soko J-1 Jastreb
- Soko J-22 Orao
Recently Introduced, Experimental and Proposed Future Designs
See also: Military aircraft list, Comparison of 2000s fighter aircraft
- U.S.
- F/A-22 Raptor
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fighter aircraft."
Synonyms: FighterSynonyms: attack aircraft (n), battler (n), belligerent (n), champion (n), combatant (n), fighter aircraft (n), hero (n), paladin (n), scrapper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler;prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock. |
Noun: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough. | |
Insulation, Fire extinction | Extincteur; fire annihilator; amianth, amianthus; earth-flax, mountain-flax; asbestos; fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company; pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket; fire hose, fire hydrant. |
Ship | Jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane; corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation; airline, common carrier; fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane; supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fighter |
| English words defined with "fighter": brawler, butter ♦ defender, dogfight, dogfighter ♦ fighter pilot ♦ gamecock ♦ headed, hell-kite, hell-rooster, hooks ♦ intercept, interceptor ♦ kamikaze ♦ Light weight ♦ Maquis, Maquisard, mauler, maulers, meat hooks ♦ palooka, Prizer ♦ slasher, stop, stumblebum ♦ withstander. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fighter": CARMEN, clear weather air defense fighter, CORBETT ♦ day air defense fighter, Death Star ♦ field inspector, fighter direction aircraft, FIRE CHIEF'S AIDE, FIRE INSPECTOR, FIRE-INVESTIGATION LIEUTENANT, FITZIMMONS ♦ hosed ♦ interceptor controller ♦ JEFFREYS ♦ Prize Fighter ♦ ROJESVENSKY. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You disobeyed a direct order and lost a $13 million fighter in the process (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) Because you're a fighter. I like a man who isn't afraid of bad odds (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison) One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) Well, that's the way it is. You're a fighter, you gotta fight (The Set-Up; writing credit: Art Cohn; Joseph Moncure March) Why Cheng, you're a pretty good fighter. (Tang shan da xiong; writing credit: Bruce Lee; Wei Lo) | |
Lyrics | So thanks for making me fighter (Fighter; performing artist: CHRISTINA AGUILERA) I'm a fighter, I'm a poet, I'm a preacher (Lay Your Hands On Me; performing artist: Bon Jovi) A hesitant prize fighter still trapped within my youth (Sometimes When We Touch; performing artist: Dan Hill) I’m a lover, not a fighter, but I crack your teeth (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson) Y'all all knnow it, Jigga's a fighter (Guilty Until Proven Innocent; performing artist: Jay-Z) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Prize Fighter (2003) Dragon Fighter (2003) The Fighter Ali (1971) Shaolin Drunk Fighter (1969) Fighter Wing (1956) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | X-36 Tailless Jet Fighter. Credit: NASA. |  | Test Pilots with P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter. Credit: NASA. |
 | F-15 Eagle is an air superiority fighter. |  | An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 555th Fighter Squadron takes off on an air strike mission against targets in the Balkans March 24. The squadron is assigned to the 31st Air Expeditionary Wing here. While more than 130 NATO aircraft from five nations are a. |
 | Deceased fighter pilots from the former Soviet Union are buried in this graveyard near Mari Air Base, Estonia. Tail fins from the pilots' aircraft were used to make the tombstones for their graves. (P.; photo by Senior Master Sgt. Terry Porch).. |  | Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter X-32A broke the sound barrier (about 660 mph at 30,000 feet altitude), Dec. 21. The X-32A is more than half-way through the five-month flight-test program at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (P.; photo by Steve Zapka) |
 | NATO training exercise and joined airmen from the 23rd Fighter Squadron. |  | 8th Fighter Wing. |
 | KC-135R Stratotanker refuels two F-15E Strike Eagles from 4th Fighter Wing. |  | Fire fighter line crewFire Season 2000Lower Snake River DistrictLSRD. Credit: Bryan Day. |
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| "Fire fighter series 1" by Julia Eisenberg Commentary: "Fire fighter series." | "Fireguy" by Liz Allen Commentary: "Teen fire fighter ." |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Fighter jet engine noise. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Walt Whitman | O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent. |
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Business | The first was the upgrade of thirty-one F-5 fighter jets by the Israeli company Elbit; the jets are being overhauled and sixteen of them equipped with air-to-air missile systems. (references) | |
AIDC began with the co-production of UH-1 helicopters and F-5 fighters and has since developed two indigenous jet aircraft, the AT-3 jet trainer and the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF). (references) | ||
As illustrated above, 1991 was a peak year for Korean procurement from the U.S. when the MND purchased the F-16 fighter for the Korean Air Force and the P-3C anti-submarine aircraft for the Korean Navy ($2.8 billion). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Tajikistan | There was continued incremental progress during the year in returning occupied houses to their original UTO fighter owners (approximately 15,000 to 16,000 persons). (references) |
Economic History | United Arab Emirates | The air force agreed in 1999 to purchase 80 advanced U.S. F-16 multirole fighter aircraft. (references) |
Chile | The Navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighter or bomber aircraft. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sierra Leone | No action is known to have been taken against the members of the security forces responsible for the following killings in 2000: The July killing of civilians in Bunumbu during a helicopter gunship attack; the reported execution in July of an RUF fighter who allegedly was trying to surrender; and the May and June killings of 27 persons in the towns of Makeni, Magburaka, and Kambia. (references) |
Political Economy | FINLAND | Finland is purchasing fighter aircraft and associated equipment valued at $3.35 billion from U.S. suppliers. (references) |
Uae | The already close relationship was strengthened as a result of the UAE's purchase in 2000 of 80 Block 60 F-16 fighter aircraft from the US. The two countries share similar concerns on a range of international issues. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ed McMahon | Let me put it this way. I'm an Irishman. I was a Marine fighter pilot. We do tend to have a drink once in a while. When you get back from one of those missions, you do want to take a little taste of the sauce. |
Rudolph Giuliani | You got it. It's a police officer has been shot, fire fighter has been burned, some terrible tragedy has occurred, a plane has crashed. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We also need another fighter, a man who happens to be with us this evening, someone who has repeatedly stood up for his deepest convictions. |
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| "Fighter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.10% of the time. "Fighter" is used about 889 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.1% | 881 | 8,064 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.9% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 889 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fighter": air fighter ♦ air superiority fighter ♦ attack fighter ♦ bush fighter ♦ contour fighter ♦ day air defense fighter ♦ fighter aircraft ♦ fighter aviation ♦ fighter bomber ♦ fighter cover ♦ fighter direction aircraft ♦ fighter engagement zone ♦ fighter for freedom ♦ fighter interceptor ♦ fighter jet ♦ fighter pilot ♦ fighter plane ♦ fighter squadron ♦ fighter sweep ♦ fire fighter ♦ forest fire fighter ♦ free fighter ♦ freedom fighter ♦ guerrilla fighter ♦ jet fighter ♦ night fighter ♦ oil pollution fighter ♦ prise fighter ♦ prize fighter ♦ resistance fighter ♦ street fighter. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fighter": fighter-aircraft, fighter-bomber, fighter-bombers, fighter-fiddler, fighter-like, fighter-planes, fighter-style. | |
Ending with "fighter": euro-fighter, freedom-fighter, night-fighter, prize-fighter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
foo fighter | 5,219 | fighter fire tattoo | 288 |
street fighter | 3,356 | street fighter alpha 3 | 273 |
fighter | 2,977 | street fighter picture | 270 |
jet fighter | 2,833 | virtua fighter 4 | 257 |
fire fighter | 2,515 | virtua fighter | 256 |
king of fighter | 1,506 | fire fighter t shirt | 251 |
foo fighter lyrics | 913 | street fighter 2 | 246 |
fighter pilot | 849 | fire fighter job | 241 |
fighter lyrics | 753 | puzzle fighter | 220 |
new york fire fighter | 742 | joint strike fighter | 202 |
2 fighter little | 653 | fighter foo like lyrics these times | 191 |
fighter little | 564 | fire fighter picture | 190 |
aguilera christina fighter lyrics | 562 | street fighter wallpaper | 177 |
2002 fighter king | 473 | navy fighter | 175 |
x man vs street fighter | 466 | king of fighter 2000 | 166 |
fighter plane | 438 | king of fighter hentai | 162 |
street fighter hentai | 404 | 2003 fighter king | 155 |
aguilera christina fighter | 357 | street fighter alpha | 146 |
street fighter pic | 341 | fire fighter calendar | 140 |
foo fighter tab | 294 | fighter ace | 139 |
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| Language | Translations for "fighter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri luftarak (dragon), luftëtar (baresark, berserk, berserker, campaigner, combatant, extirpator, guerilla, warrior), gjuajtës (aircraft, destroyer, fighter plane, marksman, pursuit plane, shooter, striker), boksier (boxer, mauler, pugilist). (various references) | |
Arabic | مكافح (aggressive, militant), مناضل (combatant, fighting, militant, pursued, striver, struggler), مقاتل (combatant, fighting, militant, warring), محارب (belligerent, combatant, militant, warrior), مجاهد (combatant), مبارز بالسيف (fencer, swordplayer, swordsman), طائرة مقاتلة (raider), الملا كم (bruiser, pugilist, puncher), المقاتل (combatant, warrior). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | борец (militant, protagonist, wrestler), боец (combatant, militant, warrior), боен самолет (war plane), изтребител (chaser, exterminator, extirpator, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Chinese | 戰鬥者 , 戰鬥機 , 戰士 (soldier, warrior), 战斗机. (various references) | |
Czech | bojovník (campaigner, champion, combatant, crusader, warrior). (various references) | |
Danish | jagerfly, jager. (various references) | |
Dutch | jachtvliegtuig. (various references) | |
Finnish | tappelija, taistelija (combatant), hävittäjä (destroyer). (various references) | |
French | patrouilleur, militant, lutteur (fighting), combattant (fighting), chasseur (fighter bomber), boxeur, battant, batailleur, avion de combat, avion de chasse. (various references) | |
German | streiter (champion, militant), kämpfer (campaigner, combatant, combatants, gladiator, militant, struggler, warrior), jäger (fighter pilot, fighter plane, gun, hunter, hunters, huntsman, rifleman, riflemen, sportsman). (various references) | |
Greek | καταδιωκτικό αεροπλάνο (air fighter, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטוס קרב, לוחם (belligerent, combatant, crusader, soldier, warrior). (various references) | |
Hungarian | harcos (berserk, combatant, militant, warrior). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jagoan (champion, fire-eater). (various references) | |
Italian | lottatore (wrestler). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 闘士. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ファイター , せんとうき, とうし (boxer, champion, clairvoyance, death from cold, dying by the wayside, fight, fighting spirit, freezing to death, Fujiwara family, investment, island governor, militant, poetry of the Tang period, seeing through, stealthy glance, Tang poetry, X-ray). (various references) | |
Korean | 전투기. (various references) | |
Manx | etlan troddanagh, etlan caggee (warplane), co-streeuder (contestant), caggeyder (duellist, gladiator, protagonist). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ighterfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | avião de caça (jet fighter). (various references) | |
Romanian | rãzboinic (fighting, martial, militant, war, warlike, warrior), luptãtor (champion, contestant, militant, warrior), concurent (co operative, competing, competitive, competitor, contestant, entrant, rival), boxer (boxer, prize fighter, pug, pugilist). (various references) | |
Russian | боец (combatant, effective, warrior), истребитель (battle-plane, chaser, destroyer, exterminator, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vojnik (combatant, digger, gi, soldier), pelivan (acrobat, wrestler), lovački avion, borac (champion, combatant, supporter). (various references) | |
Spanish | luchador (combat, combatant, contender, contestant, fertilizer, Miller, wrestler). (various references) | |
Swedish | slagskämpe (rowdy, tough), kämpe (Battler, champion, combatant, war horse), jaktplan (interceptor, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องบินประจัญบาน, นักสู้. (various references) | |
Turkish | savaşçı (at, bellicose, belligerent, combatant, fighting, martial, trigger-happy, warlike, warrior), savaş uçağı (combat plane, war plane), mücâdeleci kimse, kavgacı (aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combatant, combative, contentious, disagreeable, disputatious, litigious, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ruffian, scrappy, spoiling for a fight, turbulent, warlike, wrangler), boksör (boxer, bruiser, pug, pugilist, puncher), avcı uçağı (chaser, fighter plane, pursuit plane). (various references) | |
Turkmen | zarpзy (battler), urюujy, pдlwan (hero). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | воїн (earl, warrior), борець (bruiser, champion, defender, pugilist, wolf's bane, wrestler), боєць (combatant, militant). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người đấu tranh, máy bay khu trục, chiến sĩ (combatant, militant, warrior), chiến binh. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymladdwr (combatant), brwydrwr (combatant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bellator, bellatorem, bellatores, bellatoribus, bellatorum, proeliator preliator, pugnator, pugnatores, pugnatorum. (various references) |
| English | 1500-Modern | boxer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 51 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai edramen dauid kai epesth ep' auton kai elaben thn romfaian autou kai eqanatwsen auton kai afeilen thn kefalhn autou kai eidon oi allofuloi oti teqnhken o dunatoV autwn kai efugon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cucurrit et stetit super Philistheum et tulit gladium eius et eduxit de vagina sua et interfecit eum praeciditque caput eius videntes autem Philisthim quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum fugerunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | He ran, and stood vpon the Philistee, and took his swerd, and drewy it out of his sheeth; and he slewy hym, and girde of his heed. Forsothe seynge the Philisteis that the strengest of hem was deed, thei flowen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 51 |
| Cebuano | Unya si David midalagan, ug mitindog sa ibabaw sa Filistehanon, ug gikuha ang iyang pinuti, ug giibut kini gikan sa sakuban niana, ug gipatay siya, ug gipunggot ang iyang ulo niini. Ug sa pagtan-aw sa mga Filistehanon nga ang ilang mananaug patay na, sila nangalagiw. |
| Croatian | Zato David potrèa i stade na Filistejca, zgrabi njegov maè, izvuèe ga iz korica i pogubi Filistejca odsjekavši mu glavu. Kad Filistejci vidješe kako pogibe njihov junak, nagnuše u bijeg. |
| Danish | Så løb David hen ved Siden af Filisteren, greb hans Sværd, drog det af Skeden og gav ham Dødsstødet og huggede Hovedet af ham dermed. Da Filisterne så, at deres Helt var død, flygtede de; |
| Dutch | Daarom liep David, en stond op den Filistijn, en nam zijn zwaard, en hij trok het uit zijn schede, en hij doodde hem, en hij hieuw hem het hoofd daarmede af. Toen de Filistijnen zagen, dat hun geweldigste dood was, zo vluchtten zij. |
| Finnish | Sitten Daavid juoksi ja asettui filistealaisen ääreen, tarttui hänen miekkaansa, veti sen tupesta ja tappoi hänet ja löi sillä häneltä pään poikki. Kun filistealaiset näkivät, että heidän sankarinsa oli kuollut, pakenivat he. |
| French | Il courut, s`arrêta près du Philistin, se saisit de son épée qu`il tira du fourreau, le tua et lui coupa la tête. Les Philistins, voyant que leur héros était mort, prirent la fuite. |
| German | lief er und trat zu dem Philister und nahm sein Schwert und zog's aus der Scheide und tötete ihn und hieb ihm den Kopf damit ab. Da aber die Philister sahen, daß ihr Stärkster tot war, flohen sie. |
| Hungarian | És oda futott Dávid, és reá állott a Filiszteusra, és vevé annak kardját, kirántotta hüvelyébõl, és megölé õt, és fejét azzal levágta. A Filiszteusok pedig a mint meglátták, hogy az õ hõsük meghalt, megfutamodának. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebab itu berlarilah Daud datang, lalu berdiri di atas tubuh orang Filistin itu, diambilnya akan pedangnya, dihunusnya dari dalam sarungnya, lalu dibunuhnya akan dia dan dipancungnya kepalanya dengan pedang itu. Demi dilihat orang Filistin akan hal pendekarnya sudah mati, maka larilah mereka itu sekalian. |
| Maori | Katahi ka rere a Rawiri, a tu ana i runga i te Pirihitini, na ka mau ki tana hoari, unuhia ana e ia i roto i te takotoranga, na whakamatea ana ia, a tapahia ana tona upoko ki taua hoari. A, no te kitenga o nga Pirihitini kua mate to ratou toa, w hati ana ratou. |
| Norwegian | Og David sprang frem og stilte sig tett ved filisteren og tok og drog hans sverd ut av skjeden og drepte ham og hugg hans hode av med det. Og da filistrene så at deres kjempe var død, tok de flukten. |
| Portuguese | Correu, pois, Davi, pôs-se em pé sobre o filisteu e, tomando a espada dele e tirando-a da bainha, o matou, decepando-lhe com ela a cabeça. Vendo então os filisteus que o seu campeão estava morto, fugiram. |
| Rumanian | A alergat, s`a oprit lkngq Filistean, i -a luat sabia, pe care i -a scos -o din teacq, l -a omorkt wi i -a tqiat capul. Filistenii, cknd au vqzut cq uriawul lor a murit, au luat -o la fugq. |
| Russian | фПЗДБ дБЧЙД РПДВЕЦБМ Й, ОБУФХРЙЧ ОБ жЙМЙУФЙНМСОЙОБ, ЧЪСМ НЕЮ ЕЗП Й ЧЩОХМ ЕЗП ЙЪ ОПЦЕО, ХДБТЙМ ЕЗП Й ПФУЕЛ ЙН ЗПМПЧХ ЕЗП; жЙМЙУФЙНМСОЕ, ХЧЙДЕЧ, ЮФП УЙМБЮ ЙИ ХНЕТ, РПВЕЦБМЙ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fighter": fighters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fighter": bullfighter, firefighter, gunfighter, infighter, prizefighter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fighter": bullfighters, firefighters, gunfighters, infighters, prizefighters. (additional references) | |
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"Fighter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eighter, Fechter, Feichter, Fichtel, Fichtler, Fifther, figata, fighe, fighted, fighten, fitar, fiter, flighter, foughten, Fughetta, fwighted, fyter, highter, mighter, nighter, sighter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fighter" (pronounced fī"ter) |
| 3 | -ī" t er | biter, brighter, lighter, miter, mitre, overnighter, Righter, tighter, whiter, writer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: freight, refight. | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-g-h-i-r-t" | |
-1 letter: fright. | |
-2 letters: eight, fight, firth, frith, girth, grief, grift, grith, ither, refit, right, their, thief, tiger. | |
-3 letters: fire, fret, frig, frit, gift, girt, grit, heft, heir, hire, reft, reif, rife, rift, rite, thir, tier, tire, tref, trig. | |
-4 letters: eft, erg, eth, feh, fer, fet, fie, fig, fir, fit, get, ghi, gie, git, her, het. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-g-h-i-r-t" | |
+1 letter: fighters, freights, frighted, frighten, prefight, refights. | |
+2 letters: fathering, firefight, firelight, flightier, foresight, freighted, freighter, frightens, gearshift, infighter, preflight. | |
+3 letters: affrighted, airfreight, farsighted, feathering, firefights, firelights, foresights, freightage, freighters, freighting, frightened, furthering, gearshifts, gunfighter, infighters, overflight, prizefight, refighting. | |
+4 letters: airfreights, bullfighter, etherifying, farthingale, featherings, firefighter, flichtering, foresighted, freightages, frightening, gunfighters, overflights, prizefights, triggerfish. | |
+5 letters: airfreighted, bullfighters, farsightedly, farthingales, featherlight, firefighters, firefighting, foresightful, forgathering, freethinking, godfathering, guitarfishes, prizefighter, rightfulness, weightlifter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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