noncombatant
a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
a person who is not directly involved in combat; a civilian in wartime.
not constituting, designed for, or engaged in combat.
Origin of noncombatant
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How to use noncombatant in a sentence
But Broyles is too good here, and admits that women too feel the pull of war by being exposed to it, even as a non-combatant.
It has steadfastly refused to release its own estimates of non-combatant deaths in drone strikes, figures that it says classified.
U.S. Drone Program Needs to Be Accompanied by Hard Facts on Civilian Deaths | Daniel Klaidman | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough there are more NATO troops in Afghanistan conducting more missions than ever before, non-combatant deaths are down.
General Lee simply said the town was non-combatant; that he would not occupy it, nor would he allow any one else to occupy it.
Historic Fredericksburg | John T. GoolrickMrs. Wylder was in a quiescent condition, non-combatant, involving no real betterment, occasioned only by the absence of impulse.
There and Back | George MacDonald
It should have brought Major Burleigh too, but that appropriately named non-combatant never showed outside.
Warrior Gap | Charles KingMiss MacLauren, on the neutral ground of a non-combatant, was expected by each to furnish the admiration and applause.
Emmy Lou | George Madden Martin“And by then they will have slaughtered every woman and non-combatant in the fort,” growled the Major savagely.
Fix Bay'nets | George Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for noncombatant
/ (ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt) /
a civilian in time of war
a member of the armed forces whose duties do not include fighting, such as a chaplain or surgeon
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