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[ kuhm-bat-nt, kom-buh-tuhnt, kuhm- ] / kəmˈbæt nt, ˈkɒm bə tənt, ˈkʌm- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR combatant ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces. a person or group that fights. adjectivecombating; fighting: the combatant armies. disposed to combat; combative. Origin of combatant1425–75; late Middle English combataunt<Middle French combatant.See combat, -ant OTHER WORDS FROM combatantpre·com·bat·ant, nounun·com·bat·ant, adjectiveWords nearby combatantcomatulid, Comayagua, comb, Combahee, combat, combatant, combat boot, combat fatigue, Combat Infantryman Badge, combative, combat jacket Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for combatantIt is immaterial if the infidel is a combatant or a civilian. The CIA’s Wrong: Arming Rebels Works|Christopher Dickey|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Of most interest are the English-speaking narrator and a masked American-accented combatant featured in the film. How ISIS Ripped Off ‘Natural Born Killers'|Jamie Dettmer|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Both my combatant and I claimed that the other was at fault. Ben Carson Was a Role Model for Black Teens Until He Sold Out to the Right|Joshua DuBois|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Simply redistributing power to combatant factions on the basis of the territory under their control would be a huge error. Second Chance At Building A State in South Sudan|John Prendergast|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But you have deep respect for your combatant who you went through it with. Plouffe: Hillary Clinton ‘Probably the Strongest Candidate’ for 2016|Lloyd Grove|March 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST And already he had passed the spears: one gage was forgotten, one combatant unblessed. The goats themselves soon lost their power to struggle against such a combatant. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe|Joseph Xavier Saintine To provide in successive bodies adequate numbers of men to be trained and used as combatant forces. World's War Events, Vol. II|Various But in his rage Mr. Palsey had forgotten how much weaker and smaller he was than his combatant. Daisy Ashford: Her Book|Daisy Ashford At these fierce engagements Nicholson was present as a commissariat officer, and not, to his regret, as a combatant. John Nicholson|R. E. Cholmeley
British Dictionary definitions for combatant
nouna person or group engaged in or prepared for a fight, struggle, or dispute adjectiveengaged in or ready for combat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to combatantenemy, attacker, soldier, assailant, adversary, antagonist, serviceman, warrior, belligerent, contender, foe, battler |