Definition of Combatant

1. Noun. Someone who fights (or is fighting).


2. Adjective. Engaging in or ready for combat.
Similar to: Military
Derivative terms: Combat

Definition of Combatant

1. a. Contending; disposed to contend.

2. n. One who engages in combat.

Definition of Combatant

1. Noun. An armed fighter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Combatant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combatant

combat ceiling
combat disorders
combat exhaustion
combat fatigue
combat fatigues
combat injury
combat intelligence
combat mission
combat neurosis
combat pay
combat pilot
combat ship
combat sport
combat zone
combatable
combatant (current term)
combatants
combated
combater
combaters
combating
combative
combatively
combativeness
combativenesses
combats
combatted
combatting
combatworthy
combe

Literary usage of Combatant

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

1. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1905)
"Travelling down the scale we now come to Non-combatant subjects of the enemy state. But though they must be reckoned as enemies, they do not possess the ..."

2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1906)
"Now, since and in so far of Armed as these non-combatant members of armed forces do not take part in the fighting, they may not directly be attacked and ..."

3. Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces by Addie W. Hunton, Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (1920)
"Non-combatant Troops ... our first service, and placed us where we could come into a comprehensive knowledge and appreciation of our non-combatant forces ..."

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