Combatant - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Combatant :  adj : engaging in or ready for combat (noun)

1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Combatant : \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Combatant

johnleach: @xbaz actually, he's a prisoner of an illegal war of aggression but we classified him as an enemy Combatant so we can torture him
uncoolbobby: Kashan Combatant Clergy Assctn will hold a memorial srvc for Ayt #Montazeri on Wed at Al-Housein Mosque 6-8 pm #iranelection / @persianbanoo
PimpinTurtleNYC: Supreme Court : 'Suspected Enemy Combatant' no Longer a 'Person' http://ur1.ca/icvc
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