Hypertext Webster Gateway: "combatant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.]
Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.]
One who engages in combat. ``The mighty combatants.''
--Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original
combatants. --Macaulay
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
combatant
adj : engaging in or ready for combat
n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: {battler}, {belligerent},
{fighter}, {scrapper}]
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