Meaning of COMBATANT
| Pronunciation: | | kum'batnt
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- [n] someone who fights (or is fighting)
- [adj] engaging in or ready for combat
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| | Synonyms: | | battler, belligerent, fighter, military, scrapper |
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| | See Also: | | boxer, brawler, butter, defender, fencer, gamecock, gladiator, gouger, grappler, hell-kite, hell-rooster, human, individual, master, matman, mauler, mortal, person, pugilist, skirmisher, slasher, somebody, someone, soul, street fighter, superior, swordsman, tough, victor, withstander, wrestler | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.]
Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.
\Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.]
One who engages in combat. ``The mighty combatants.''
--Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original
combatants. --Macaulay
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