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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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