Combatants

[kuhm-bat-nt, kom-buh-tuhnt, kuhm-]

Origin

noun

a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.

a person or group that fights.

adjective

combating; fighting: the combatant armies.

disposed to combat; combative.

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Combatants is always a great word to know.

So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English combataunt < Middle French combatant. See combat, -ant

Related forms

pre·com·bat·ant, noun

un·com·bat·ant, adjective

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Word Origin & History

combatant

1489 (n.), from O.Fr. combatant, prp. of combattre (also used as a n. in O.Fr.); see combat. As an adj., attested in Eng. from 1630s.

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