scrapper

Plural: scrappers

Noun

• A person who is fond of fighting; a combative individual.
• someone who fights (or is fighting)
• A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.
• A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.

Examples

• After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up.
• He was a true SCRAPPER, never giving up on a game, even when far behind.
• He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting.

Synonyms

battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter