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Meanings of combatant in English

Russian
борющийся
Portuguese
afrontado
Catalan
afrontat
Spanish
afrontado
Wikidata

Heraldic attitude of two beasts facing each other.

      Related terms
      борющийся
      Portuguese
      lutadora
      Catalan
      lluitador
      Spanish
      guerrero

      Someone who fights (or is fighting)

            lutadora
            Russian
            комбатант
            Spanish
            combatiente
            Catalan
            combatent

            Person who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an armed conflict.

                  Related terms
                  комбатант

                  A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare.

                        Usage of combatant in English
                        1
                        The idea of accommodation between the combatant parties was at an end.
                        Ulster's Stand For Union
                        2
                        Hellenic war ethics: non-combatant tillers of the soil to be let alone.
                        Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
                        3
                        Claude Stanley Choules, the last surviving First World War combatant, has died.
                        Radio NZ
                        4
                        The other combatant remained on board but was moved to another seat.
                        News.com.au
                        5
                        His sentiments were supported by former ZIPRA combatant Retired Colonel Baster Magwizi.
                        The South African
                        6
                        Again each combatant was pushed away by his companions into opposite byways.
                        Kimono
                        7
                        I know, it would have been splendid if you'd been a combatant.
                        The Romantic
                        8
                        Dr. Wade counts as a combatant until his hospital begins to fill.
                        Rujub, the Juggler
                        9
                        In the Civil War, every enemy combatant was an American citizen.
                        War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
                        10
                        Every combatant staying exactly where they should, doing exactly as their commander ordered.
                        Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
                        11
                        He wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight.
                        Three Soldiers
                        12
                        As far as everyday life is concerned, combatant officers are usually upright characters.
                        A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
                        13
                        Sectarianism was the true hydra that baffled the energy of the courageous combatant.
                        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
                        14
                        The sword of Eumolpus had inflicted the death-wound upon the less experienced combatant.
                        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
                        15
                        By law Petraeus, as a combatant commander, reported directly to Gates.
                        Obama's wars
                        16
                        Sidney Lewis has been declared the youngest authenticated combatant of World War One.
                        BBC
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