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noncombatant

[non-kuhm-bat-nt, non-kom-buh-tnt]

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.

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Noncombatant is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1805–15; non- + combatant
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noncombatant (ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt)
 
n
1.  a civilian in time of war
2.  a member of the armed forces whose duties do not include fighting, such as a chaplain or surgeon

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