Synonyms for non-combatant
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : non-kuh m-bat-nt, non-kom-buh-tnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn kəmˈbæt nt, nɒnˈkɒm bə tnt |
Top 10 synonyms for non-combatant
- aloof
- bystanding
- calm
- civ
- civvie
- clinical
- collected
- commoner
- cool
- detached
- disengaged
- dispassionate
- easy
- impersonal
- inert
- middle-of-road
- neuter
- nonbelligerent
- nonchalant
- noncombatant
- noncombative
- nonmilitant
- nonparticipating
- not in armed forces
- on sidelines
- on the fence
- pacificist
- pacifistic
- poker-faced
- private citizen
- relaxed
- subject
- unaligned
- unbiased
- uncommitted
- unconcerned
- undecided
- unhostile
- uninvolved
- unprejudiced
Définition of non-combatant
Origin :- also noncombatant, 1809, from non- + combatant. A word from the Napoleonic wars.
- As in neutral : adj impartial, noncommittal
- As in civilian : adj nonmilitary
- As in nonaligned : adj neutral
- As in uninvolved : adj neutral
- As in civilian : noun nonmilitary person
- Anything that is calmly facing them becomes at once a non-combatant.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- Hellenic war ethics: non-combatant tillers of the soil to be let alone.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- It was useless for his attendant friends to assert that he had been a non-combatant.
- Extract from : « Robert Louis Stevenson » by Margaret Moyes Black
- Did the Imperial and Royal authorities regard him as a non-combatant?
- Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
- The doctor was to go, as a matter of course, but he was to be a non-combatant.
- Extract from : « Under the Meteor Flag » by Harry Collingwood
- “But I am a non-combatant, and it is my duty to attend to the wounded,” said my father.
- Extract from : « In New Granada » by W.H.G. Kingston
- A non-combatant, he mingles freely with men whose business it is to fight.
- Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
- The State has fired the first shot and killed a non-combatant.
- Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang
- Anyhow, we'll do our best, and to do it we mustn't be hampered by the presence of a non-combatant.
- Extract from : « The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel » by Marvin Dana
- There is not a road in the county not marked with the blood of some soldier or non-combatant.
- Extract from : « Sergeant York And His People » by Sam Cowan
Antonyms for non-combatant
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