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noun
1.
a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
2.
a person or group that fights.
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Combatants
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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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