combatant

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nounfighter

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noun fighter

Antonyms for combatant

fighter

noun. person engaged in hostile encounter

fighters

noun. person engaged in hostile encounter

Word Origin & History

mid-15c. (adj.), late 15c. (n.), from Old French combatant (Modern French combattant) "skilled at fighting, warlike" (also used as a noun in Old French), present participle adjective of combattre (see combat (v.)).

Example Sentences for combatant

At length not a combatant was to be seen, but the ground was strewn with the dead and dying.

To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting.

Against pistols and poniards he would scarce count as a combatant.

Numenius was the last Platonist, as Posidonius was the last Stoic combatant.

He was not the only one of his department who served as a combatant on that day.

The citizenship of the combatant, is in such circumstances, immaterial.

The citizenship of the combatant is, in such circumstances, immaterial.

He is not a compromiser, but a combatant, and his blows have been telling ones.

In this age of battle, father, you have yourself been a combatant?

"I fancy he may be counted as a combatant all through," the Doctor muttered.

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