combatant
pronunciation
How to pronounce combatant in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmbətənt]
How to pronounce combatant in American English:
US [ˈkɑmbətənt]
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- Noun:
- someone who fights (or is fighting)
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- Adjective:
- engaging in or ready for combat
Word Origin
- combatant
- 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.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Mr funes is the fmln 's first presidential candidate who never served as an armed combatant .
- 2. Republicans were especially furious that the bomber was read his rights and not simply incarcerated as an enemy combatant .
- 3. The second was equally horrible , but in an entirely different ( and more terrifying ) way : to discover that you , as a combatant , had made some sort of grievous mistake , and as a result had put others at risk .
- 4. Under the geneva conventions , a combatant is deemed lawful and therefore entitled to prisoner-of-war status and protections if he is a member of either a regular government force or an organised militia , wearing a distinctive sign , carrying arms openly , and abiding by the rules of war .
- 5. That 's one reason amazon is in the best position to turn the tablet battle into a two combatant war .