Antonyms for combatant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh m-bat-nt, kom-buh-tuh nt, kuhm-

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈbæt nt, ˈkɒm bə tənt, ˈkʌm-

Definition of combatant

Origin : 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.)).

noun fighter

Example sentences :

At length not a combatant was to be seen, but the ground was strewn with the dead and dying.
Extract from : « The Two Supercargoes » by W.H.G. Kingston

To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

Against pistols and poniards he would scarce count as a combatant.
Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid

Numenius was the last Platonist, as Posidonius was the last Stoic combatant.
Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

He was not the only one of his department who served as a combatant on that day.
Extract from : « Canada in Flanders, Volume I (of 3) » by Lord Max Aitken Beaverbrook

The citizenship of the combatant, is in such circumstances, immaterial.
Extract from : « The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It » by Walter Winans

The citizenship of the combatant is, in such circumstances, immaterial.
Extract from : « Automatic Pistol Shooting » by Walter Winans

He is not a compromiser, but a combatant, and his blows have been telling ones.
Extract from : « The Old World and Its Ways » by William Jennings Bryan

In this age of battle, father, you have yourself been a combatant?
Extract from : « The Fair Maid of Perth » by Sir Walter Scott

"I fancy he may be counted as a combatant all through," the Doctor muttered.
Extract from : « Rujub, the Juggler » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for combatant

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