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combatant

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com⋅bat⋅ant

  [kuhm-bat-nt, kom-buh-tuhnt, kuhm-]
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–noun
1. a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
2. a person or group that fights.
–adjective
3. combating; fighting: the combatant armies.
4. disposed to combat; combative.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME combataunt < MF combatant. See combat, -ant
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com·bat·ant   (kəm-bāt'nt, kŏm'bə-tnt)   
n.  One, such as a person or a combat vehicle, that takes part in armed strife.
adj.  Engaging in armed strife.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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