Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A jet-propelled fighter aircraft.

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  • noun Alternative form of jet fighter.

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Examples

  • THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A large model of an American jetfighter has mysteriously disappeared from a small Dutch museum and its owners are hoping pranksters rather than scrap metal thieves are responsible for what they call the "jetnapping."

    Model Of Jet Fighter Missing From Dutch Museum The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A large model of an American jetfighter has mysteriously disappeared from a small Dutch museum and its owners are hoping pranksters rather than scrap metal thieves are responsible for what they call the "jetnapping."

    Model Of Jet Fighter Missing From Dutch Museum The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Painter knew the guns would prove powerless against a supersonic jetfighter.

    The Attack on the Liberty James Scott 2009

  • He was attached to a comicbook jetfighter movie, but that film can't seem to find financing.

    Bryan Singer Lending His Name to 2012 Prophecy Mini-Series | /Film 2009

  • When he wasn't cringing from the warrior thunder, Kurtzhau (aged 2 and a lot) had his toy jetfighter lined up with the real thing, matching the insanely tight turns, vertical climbs and stunning dives.

    Air show! Planes! zornhau 2006

  • Republican Randy “Duke” Cunningham of California, a Vietnam-era jetfighter ace, was sentenced in March to more than eight years in prison for accepting bribes on a scale unparalleled in the history of Congress.

    Think Progress » Exxon-Backed Pundit Compares Gore To Nazi Propagandist 2006

  • A jetfighter came screaming over, throwing its shadow at them and drowning them in noise.

    Tumbleweed Van de Wetering, Janwillem 1976

  • On Wednesday al-Ahmar tribesmen shot down an army jetfighter north of the capital, they also attacked a Republican Guard garrison nearby.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • A large model of an American jetfighter has mysteriously disappeared from a small Dutch museum and its owners are hoping pranksters rather than scrap metal thieves are responsible for what they call the "jetnapping."

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter 2011

  • Military traditions were highlighted last year with a 21-gun salute, a CF-18 jetfighter flypast and a short video on the end of Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan depicting Canadian soldiers, all absent in the evening show.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2012

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