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combatant

Syllabification: (com·bat·ant)

Pronunciation: /kəmˈbatnt, ˈkämbətənt/

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Definition of combatant

noun

a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war.
a person engaged in conflict or competition with another.

adjective

engaged in fighting during a war:all the combatant armies went to war with machine guns

Origin:

late Middle English (as an adjective used in heraldry to describe two lions facing one another with raised forepaws): from Old French, present participle of combatre 'to fight' (see combat)