Combatant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.]
     Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.]
     One who engages in combat. IN military use, opposed to
     {noncombatant}. "The mighty combatants." --Milton.
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           A controversy which long survived the original
           combatants.                              --Macaulay
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  combatant
       adj : engaging in or ready for combat
       n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: {battler}, {belligerent},
            {fighter}, {scrapper}]