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combatant

noun
/ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/UK/kəmˈbæ.tənt/CA

Etymology

Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant.

  1. derived from combatant
  2. inherited from combataunt

Definitions

  1. A person engaged in combat, often armed.

    • Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
    • Come hither, you that would be combatants: Henceforth I charge you, as you love our favour, Quite to forget this quarrel and the cause.

  2. Contending

    Contending; disposed to contend.

    • Their valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistick, as to fight;

  3. Involving combat.

    • He wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry

      Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”).

      • Or, two lions combatant gules, armed and langued (that is, claws and tongue) azure, is borne by the name of Wycombe; Azure , two lions combatant or, by the name of Carter; Azure , two lions combatant guardant argent, by […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at combatant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at combatant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at combatant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA