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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, adjective [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, noun [F. combattant.] One who engages in combat. IN military use, opposed to {noncombatant}. ''The mighty combatants.'' --Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original combatants. --Macaulay
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
combatant
adjective: engaging in or ready for combat
noun: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: {battler}, {belligerent}, {fighter}, {scrapper}]
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