combatant
- a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
- a person or group that fights.
Origin of combatant
Related Words for combatant
enemy, soldier, assailant, adversary, antagonist, serviceman, warrior, belligerent, contender, foe, battlerExamples from the Web for combatant
Contemporary Examples of combatant
It is immaterial if the infidel is a combatant or a civilian.
Of most interest are the English-speaking narrator and a masked American-accented combatant featured in the film.
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 RightJoshua DuBois
March 16, 2014
Simply redistributing power to combatant factions on the basis of the territory under their control would be a huge error.
But you have deep respect for your combatant who you went through it with.
Historical Examples of combatant
At length not a combatant was to be seen, but the ground was strewn with the dead and dying.
The Two SupercargoesW.H.G. Kingston
To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting.
English Synonyms and AntonymsJames Champlin Fernald
Against pistols and poniards he would scarce count as a combatant.
The Flag of DistressMayne Reid
Numenius was the last Platonist, as Posidonius was the last Stoic combatant.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4Plotinos (Plotinus)
He was not the only one of his department who served as a combatant on that day.
Canada in Flanders, Volume I (of 3)Lord Max Aitken Beaverbrook
combatant
- a person or group engaged in or prepared for a fight, struggle, or dispute
- engaged in or ready for combat
Word Origin and History for combatant
mid-15c. (adj.), late 15c. (n.), from Old French combatant (Modern French combattant) "skilled at fighting, warlike" (also used as a noun in Old French), present participle adjective of combattre (see combat (v.)).