单词 | combatant |
释义 | combatantadj.n. A. adj. a. Fighting, contending in fight, ready to fight. In Military usage, combatant officer: an officer who takes part in active fighting, as distinguished from the non-combatant officers of the medical or the commissariat staff. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adjective] > ready to fight combatanta1637 fightable1823 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > combatant officer line officer1850 combatant officer1868 a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 104 in Wks. (1640) III Their valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistick, as to fight. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 108 The separate head-quarters of two combatant armies. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋301 The Senior Combatant Officer must preside. b. Heraldry. Rampant with the fore-paws raised as if in fight; generally said of two lions, etc. rampant and facing each other (affronté). (Frequently spelt as modern French combattant.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific movements of heraldic beasts passantc1425 rampant1449 natantc1460 combatantc1500 issant1513 naiant1562 salient1562 cursant1572 naissant1572 vibrant1572 counter-salient1610 current1610 issuant1610 counter-passant1632 repassant1632 courant1727 contourné1728 c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 134 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 98 Ffirst, a lionne [statant]; on-vthir, lyone rampand;..And the xv cambatand [ed. note combatand]. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 48 Twoo Apes Circopetikes combattante. 1677 F. Sandford Geneal. Hist. Kings Eng. 73 His Arms were Two Lions Cumbatant. 1850 W. D. Cooper Hist. Winchelsea 39 [A seal] bearing the impression of a lion combatant or rampant. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 61 Two Lions Combattant are now borne by the Viscount Lorton. B. n. a. One who combats, a fighter, warrior; in early use, esp. one who fought in single combat. b. in Heraldry. ‘A figure drawn like a sword-player standing upon his guard’ (Bailey, Folio, 1736). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] wyec900 rinkeOE earlOE manlOE champion?c1225 warrer?c1225 drightmanc1275 here-dringc1275 here-gumec1275 here-kempec1275 wal-kempc1275 warrior1297 battlerc1300 fighterc1300 battle-wrighta1400 man-of-war1449 frekec1475 war-manc1485 combatant1489 Mars1565 warfarer1591 combater1598 Mavortian1598 brave1601 fire-eater1792 war-wolf1810 war-hound1812 war-dog1846 toa1860 Mavors1868 fightist1877 ninja1964 simba1964 society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat campionc1320 defendantc1450 combatant1489 appellant1520 defender?c1525 principal1590 duellist1593 champion1597 combater1598 dueller1614 battailant1620 pistol man1784 monomachist1828 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights fighterc1300 viragoa1387 barratora1400 combatant1489 combater1598 viragoa1616 scuffler1633 blue hen's chicken (also chick)c1800 scrapper1874 fightist1877 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. i. 3 Chaton the vayllaunt combataunt or fyghtar. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 97 (stage direct.) Sound Trumpets, Alarum to the Combattants . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 719 So frownd the mighty Combatants . View more context for this quotation 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 123 In the duel..each combattant fell. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 9 The combatants in the great eighty years war. c. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who fighterc1300 strivera1400 contender1547 struggler1554 contentioner1593 militant1610 contendent1623 combatant1646 conflicter1658 counter-scufflera1672 agonist1687 scrambler1687 protagonist1837 belligerent1839 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > an opposing force or agent counter-cast1596 cross-current1598 contre-carre1646 antagonist1647 antipolliges1652 counter-attractiona1763 counterforce1817 antagonism1821 combatant1880 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 106 This text tells you you have anothir kinde of combatant. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 162 Much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming Truth. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope v. 134 Amongst the most effective combatants against dulness. d. attributive (blending with the adjective.) ΚΠ 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 June 2/1 The combatant operations of the Royal navy. 1887 Daily News 11 Nov. 5/4 Those who hold combatant rank. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1489 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。