/ˈfaɪtə/
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Translation
A person who fights, such as a boxer; also a person who never gives up.
Word origin
Formed from fight plus the ending -er; Old English feohtan meant to fight.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- feohtan
- English cognates
- fight
Examples
boxing .
A fighter here is someone who boxes or fights in sport.
; .
Here "fighter" means a person who never gives up.
.
Boxers touch gloves to show respect before they fight.
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