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Definition of Noncombative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noncombative
Literary usage of Noncombative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"noncombative principles, being mild and inoffensive in their manners. Like them,
also, they had something of religious feelings ; for Captain Bonneville ..."
2. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"... and the quiet, courageous and noncombative spirit with which he received the
onslaught made upon him from all quarters of the heavens, constitutes one ..."
3. Prussia in Transition: Society and Politics Under the Stein Reform Ministry by Marion W. Gray (1986)
"... (1752-1831) and Legation Councilor Johann Wilhelm Lombard (1767-1812), both
of whom had urged the noncombative stance of the Prussians prior to 1806. ..."
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