combatant
noun/ˈkɒmbətənt/
/kəmˈbætnt/
- a person or group involved in fighting in a war or battle
- He was involved in the war, but not as a combatant.
Word Originlate 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’, from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’.
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