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   Com·bat·ant

   /kəmˈbatnt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war: "in the long Russo-Swedish conflict, both combatants endured terrible sacrifices" Similar fighterfighting manfighting womansoldierservicemanservicewomanwarriortrooperOpposite civilian
   • ▪ a person engaged in conflict or competition with another. Similar contenderantagonistadversarybattleropponentcontestantcompetitorplayerchallengerdisputantrivalOpposite allynonparticipant

   adjective

   • 1. engaged in fighting during a war: "all the combatant armies went to war with machine guns"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective used in heraldry to describe two lions facing one another with raised forepaws): from Old French, present participle of combatre ‘to fight’ (see combat).

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