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1
a person engaged in military service
- the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country
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- carabineer
- (or carabinier),
- cavalier,
- cavalryman,
- cuirassier,
- dragoon
- counterguerrilla
- (also counterguerilla),
- guerrilla
- (or guerilla),
- irregular,
- paramilitary,
- partisan
- (also partizan)
- digger
- [chiefly Australian & New Zealand],
- gallowglass,
- gendarme
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2
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
- a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters
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3
a person who takes part in a dispute
- kept the two fighters apart until they had calmed down and could talk sensibly
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“Fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fighter. Accessed 15 Jun. 2021.
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