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com·bat·ant
(kəm-băt′nt, kŏm′bə-tnt)n.
One, such as a person or a combat vehicle, that takes part in armed strife.
adj.
Engaging in armed strife.
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combatant
(ˈkɒmbətənt; ˈkʌm-)n
a person or group engaged in or prepared for a fight, struggle, or dispute
adj
engaged in or ready for combat
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com•bat•ant
(kəmˈbæt nt, ˈkɒm bə tənt)n.
1. one prepared for or engaged in active combat.
adj. 2. engaged in combat; fighting.
3. disposed to combat; combative.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French]
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Noun | 1. | combatant - someone who fights (or is fighting) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" defender, withstander - a fighter who holds out against attack brawler - a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) butter - a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head gladiator - (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat gouger - an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye mauler - a fighter who batters the opponent; "Jack Dempsey was called a mauler" skirmisher - someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party) tough, street fighter - someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
Adj. | 1. | combatant - engaging in or ready for combat military - associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police" |
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combatant
noun
1. fighter, soldier, warrior, contender, gladiator, belligerent, antagonist, fighting man, serviceman or servicewoman His grandfather was a Boer war combatant.
adjective
1. fighting, warring, battling, conflicting, opposing, contending, belligerent, combative the monitoring of ceasefires between combatant states
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combatant
nounOne who engages in a combat or struggle:
Of or engaged in warfare:
Idiom: at war.
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Translations
مُقاتِل، مُحارِب، مُتشاجِر
bojovník
kæmpendekombatant
bardagamaîur
mücadelecisavaşcı
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combatant
[ˈkɒmbətənt] n → combattant(e) m/fcombat boots npl → rangers fplcombat fatigues battle fatigues npl → treillis mcombat gear n → tenue f de combat
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
combatant
n (lit, fig) → Kombattant m
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combat
(ˈkombӕt) , ((American) kəmˈbat) noun (an act of) fighting. The two knights met each other in single combat.
verb to fight against; to oppose. The residents of the town tried to combat the government's plans to build a motorway.
combatant (ˈkombətənt) , ((American) kəmˈbӕtənt) noun a person who is fighting. They eventually separated the combatants.
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