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combatant definition

com·bat·ant (kəm bat′'nt; also, and esp.Brit, käm′bə tənt)

adjective

  1. fighting
  2. ready or prepared to fight

Etymology: ME < OFr, prp. of combattre: see combat

noun

a person who engages in combat; fighter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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