01 a. Qualified for war; fit for battle.
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Qualified for war; fit for battle.“An host of fighting men.” — 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.
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Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field.
Phrases & compounds
A fighting chance —
one dependent upon the issue of a struggle.
Fighting crab —
the fiddler crab.
Fighting fish —
a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.