combatant

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: battlerbelligerentfighterscrapper

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. someone who fights (or is fighting)Synonyms: battlerbelligerentfighterscrapper

Adjective (1)

  1. engaging in or ready for combat
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.] One who engages in combat. IN military use, opposed to noncombatant. "The mighty combatants." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

A controversy which long survived the original combatants. --Macaulay [1913 Webster]

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