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Definition of Street fighter

1. Noun. A contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods.

2. Noun. Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing.

Definition of Street fighter

1. Noun. Someone who takes part in street fighting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Street Fighter

street appeal street arab street art street artist street child street cleaner street clothes street corner street cred street credibility

street dance street dancer street dancers street drug street elbow street fighter (current term) street fighters street food street foods street furniture

street girl street hockey street lamp street light street lights street market street name street organ street party street person

Literary usage of Street fighter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Washington and His Generals by Joel Tyler Headley (1850)
"A Wagoner in Braddock's Army—Receives five hundred lashes—Made Ensign—Severely wounded by the Indians—Narrow Escape—Becomes a street fighter—Joins the ..."

2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"The Marshal, he said, was clearly no street- fighter. Estimating the army under his orders in Milan at from ten to eleven thousand men of all arms, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1878)
"But, as a rule, he was as grave and serious as Young himself. He was no bully or street-fighter. Confident in his own strength, he looked with contempt on ..."

4. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"The marshal, he said, was clearly no street- fighter. Estimating the army under his orders in Milan at from ten to eleven thousand men of all arms, ..."

5. Nights in London by Thomas Burke (1918)
"Hands down, chin protruded, he advanced on his opponent with the slow, insidious movement of the street fighter. The other man dashed in, ..."

6. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"The Marshal, he said, was clearly no street- fighter. Estimating the army under his orders in Milan at from ten to eleven thousand men of all arms, ..."

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