Syn. — Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle.
FIGHTER
Fight"er, n. Etym: [AS. feohtere.]
Defn: One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak.
FIGHTING
Fight"ing, a.
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.
2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope. A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] — Fighting crab (Zoöl.), the fiddler crab. — Fighting fish (Zoöl.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.
FIGHTINGLY
Fight"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: Pugnaciously.
FIGHTWITE
Fight"wite`, n. Etym: [Fight + wite.] (O.Eng. Law)
Defn: A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.