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non combatant

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non⋅com⋅bat⋅ant

[non-kuhm-bat-nt, non-kom-buh-tnt]
–noun
1. a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
2. a person who is not directly involved in combat; a civilian in wartime.
–adjective
3. not constituting, designed for, or engaged in combat.

Origin:
1805–15; non- + combatant
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