noncombatant

The individual also discussed the need to evacuate noncombatants and wounded to medical care.
FBI report warned of ‘war’ at Capitol, contradicting claims there was no indication of looming violence|Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
Though limited to a noncombatant role, the Marines arrived in Guatemala fully armed.
Guatemala: A Losing Battle in the War on Drugs?|Mac Margolis|September 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And the intrepid noncombatant carried on either arm a big basket of a type well known to our American fighters.
Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line|Clarence Young
Naturally he would have been denied permission to go forward during an engagement—that was no time nor place for a noncombatant.
Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line|Clarence Young

Jason Russell, an invalid and a noncombatant, was barbarously butchered in his own house.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14|Various
He issued a series of silly general orders making war on the noncombatant population of Virginia within his line.
The Victim|Thomas Dixon
The Royal Engineers are the men who are looked on in training as a noncombatant force, with safe jobs.
Trenching at Gallipoli|John Gallishaw

British Dictionary definitions for noncombatant

noncombatant

/ (ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt) /

noun

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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