† commilitantn.adj.
Obsolete.
A. n.
A fellow-warrior, fellow-soldier.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > fellow-soldier
gadlingOE
sword-brotherc1275
companionc1325
companion-in-arms1525
fellow soldier1526
commilitant1577
camarada1598
fore-fellows1598
commilitoa1614
brother in arms1632
comrade-in-arms1848
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 222 O most excellent princes and my commilitants.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. 296 His marshall Compere..and braue Commilitant.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 258 The disastrous Fate of Barbarossa, and so many of his brave comilitants.
B. adj.
Fighting in alliance.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > fighting in alliance
commilitant1835
1835 F. Mahony in Fraser's Mag. XI. 573 Spain and Brabant comilitant—Bavaria and Castille.
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