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Battler vs Fighter - What's the difference?

battler | fighter |

As nouns the difference between battler and fighter

is that battler is one who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general or battler can be while fighter is a person who fights, a combatant.

battler

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
  • (Australian, dated) An itinerant worker or unemployed person.
  • * 1900 , , The Shanty-Keeper?s Wife'', ''Over the Sliprails , Gutenberg eBook # 1313,
    • “But look here!” interrupted the Pilgrim, desperately, “we can?t afford to wait! We?re only ‘battlers ’, me and my mate, pickin? up crumbs by the wayside. We?ve got to catch the——”
  • One who who works hard in the face of adversity.
  • * 2006 , , page 27,
    • In an earlier era Australia was a nation of battlers', of working people who were hardened by the rigours of economic depression and war, and, if not proud of their penury, certainly not ashamed of it. The Aussie '''battler''' became an icon of Australian political folklore, and the image persists into the present even though, as a result of sustained economic growth for the last five decades, the number of people who truly struggle has shrunk to a small proportion of the population. For every genuine '''battler''' there are three or four who imagine they fit the description. That is why our political leaders keep alive and exploit the myth of the Aussie ' battler .
    Derived terms
    * Aussie battler

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    fighter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who fights, a combatant.
  • A warrior; fighting soldier.
  • A pugnacious, competitive person.
  • A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of these (Fighter-Attack or Attack aircraft) also have a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
  • A boxer or participant in any martial art.
  • (colloquial) A firefighter
  • (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
  • * 2004 , Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks (page 59)
    • Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.

    Derived terms

    * cage fighter * freedom fighter * prizefighter * (aircraft) fighter-bomber, fighter-interceptor, fighter plane, foo fighter, fighter jet, stealth fighter, strike fighter

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