fighter pilot

noun

A pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane.

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Meanings

nounfighter pilot (plural fighter pilots)

plural fighter pilots

  1. A pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane.

    "They all want to be fighter pilots when they grow up nowadays"

    1944 September and October, Railway Magazine, page 274, caption to a cartoon from the Sunday Dispatch, showing two schoolboys with their noses in the air next to a steam locomotive
  2. CB slangAn erratic driver who changes lanes often.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 飛官 /飞官
  • 飛官 /飞官 (fēiguān)a pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Czech stíhač
  • stíhača pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Danish jagerpilot, kamppilot
  • jagerpilota pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
  • kamppilota pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
French pilote de chasse
  • pilote de chassea pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
German Jagdflieger, Kampfpilot
  • Jagdfliegera pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
  • Kampfpilota pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
  • Kampffliegera pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Hungarian vadászpilóta
  • vadászpilótaa pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Icelandic orrustuflugmaður
  • orrustuflugmaðura pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Italian pilota di caccia
  • pilota di cacciaa pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Romanian pilot de vânătoare
  • pilot de vânătoarea pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Russian истреби́тель
  • истреби́тель (istrebítelʹ)a pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Swedish stridspilot
  • stridspilota pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Ukrainian вини́щувач
  • вини́щувач (vynýščuvač)a pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane
Cite this entry
APA

fighter pilot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fighter%20pilot

MLA

“fighter pilot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fighter%20pilot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fighter pilot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fighter%20pilot.

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