forefighter

English

Alternative forms

  • fore-fighter

Etymology

From Middle English forfighter, forfyȝtere, equivalent to fore- +‎ fighter.

Noun

forefighter (plural forefighters)

  1. A protector or defender; champion, warrior.
    • 2006, Joseph Theodoor Leerssen, National Thought in Europe: A Cultural History, page 44:
      In this shared resistance Arminius, the forefighter of Germany's political independence, states Ich habe gesiegt – 'I have prevailed'.
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