combatant
About 0.46 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A person engaged in combat, often armed.
Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
- adjective Contending; disposed to contend.
- adjective Involving combat.
- adjective Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”).
Similar words
battler belligerent fighter military scrapper warrior fighting militant warlike guerrilla
Often followed by
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Word family
combatants
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