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View synonyms for noncombatant

noncombatant

[ 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

  1. not constituting, designed for, or engaged in combat.

noncombatant

/ ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt /

noun

  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of noncombatant1

First recorded in 1805–15; non- + combatant

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Example Sentences

The individual also discussed the need to evacuate noncombatants and wounded to medical care.

Though limited to a noncombatant role, the Marines arrived in Guatemala fully armed.

And the intrepid noncombatant carried on either arm a big basket of a type well known to our American fighters.

Naturally he would have been denied permission to go forward during an engagement—that was no time nor place for a noncombatant.

Jason Russell, an invalid and a noncombatant, was barbarously butchered in his own house.

He issued a series of silly general orders making war on the noncombatant population of Virginia within his line.

The Royal Engineers are the men who are looked on in training as a noncombatant force, with safe jobs.

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