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Webster 1913 Edition
Combatant
Com′bat-ant
,Adj.
[F.
combattant
, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend.
B. Jonson.
Com′bat-ant
,Noun.
[F.
combattant
.] One who engages in combat. IN military use, opposed to
“The mighty combatants.” noncombatant
. Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original
combatants
. Macaulay
Webster 1828 Edition
Combatant
COMBATANT
,Adj.
COMBATANT
,Noun.
1.
A person who combats; any person who fights with another, or in an army, or fleet.2.
A duellist; one who fights or contends in battle, for the decision of a private quarrel or difference; a champion.3.
A person who contends with another in argument, or controversy.