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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who fights (or is fighting);
[syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. engaging in or ready for combat; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.]
   Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.]
   One who engages in combat. IN military use, opposed to
   noncombatant. "The mighty combatants." --Milton.
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         A controversy which long survived the original
         combatants.                              --Macaulay
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

combatant
    adj 1: engaging in or ready for combat
    n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
         battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]