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Meanings of non-combatant in English

Russian
некомбатанты
Spanish
no combatiente

Civilian who does not take a direct part in hostilities during war.

        некомбатанты
        Usage of non-combatant in English
        1
        Both sides deny targeting civilians and blame the other for non-combatant deaths.
        Reuters
        2
        This study investigates emotion processing, in former child soldiers and non-combatant civilians.
        Pubmed
        3
        Such non-combatant francs-tireurs in England have done a power of good work.
        The Red Planet
        4
        She is a non-combatant of their own, and will receive their protection.
        Clarence
        5
        I am going to approve your transfer to a non-combatant branch, Pitson.
        Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
        6
        A military spokesman said he had no knowledge of non-combatant deaths.
        Reuters
        7
        Indeed, in the small head-quarters staff, Hallock was the only non-combatant.
        The Taming of Red Butte Western
        8
        The non-combatant population is sure to fare ill during the ages of combat.
        Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri...
        9
        Anything that is calmly facing them becomes at once a non-combatant.
        Johnny Bear, and Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted
        10
        Surely no evil can be intended those innocent and non-combatant people.
        Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 181...
        11
        The city, crowded with non-combatant refugees, held a bare fortnight's provisions.
        Fort Amity
        12
        The great majority of the fugitives on Saipan have been cicilians and therefore non-combatant.
        The new yorker
        13
        Leddy surely wouldn't think of killing so valuable a member of the non-combatant class.
        Over the Pass
        14
        Another points out that women cannot fight,-he himself being very likely a non-combatant.
        Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays
        15
        My dad, being a doctor, was of course a non-combatant.
        Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
        16
        There never was a completer victory; I was the only non-combatant left on the field.
        A Tramp Abroad
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