fighter

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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fighter (ˈfaɪtə)

—n
1.	a person who fights, esp a professional boxer
2.	a person who has determination
3.	military an armed aircraft designed for destroying other aircraft

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fighter

O.E. feohtere; see fight. Meaning "fast military airplane used for combat" is from 1917.

Example sentences

For example, fighter jets could be designed to be more acrobatic without risk

of stall-induced crashes.

The company makes everything from fighter jets to small turbine-powered

propeller airliners.

While fighter aircraft patrolled the area, troop-carrying aircraft followed,

escorted by bombers.

Over military aid, they grumble that needed helicopters and fighter jets are

held back.

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"I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am —and this ought to be made very clear—I am a very serious woman."

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