Combatant

Definitions

A person engaged in combat, often armed.

Equivalents

35 more languages

العربيةمجالدمقاتلمناضل

Българскибоецвоинвойни́к

Bosanskibojovnik

Catalàcombatent

Češtinabojovnicebojovník

Danskkombattant

Ελληνικάμαχητήςπολεμιστής

Esperantobatalanto

فارسیجنگجومبارز

Suomitaistelija

हिन्दीजंगजूयोद्धालड़ाका

Hrvatskibojovnik

Հայերենմարտիկ

Bahasa Indonesiakombatanpetempur

Italianocombattente

日本語戦闘員

ქართულიმებრძოლი

한국어전투원

Latinabelligeratorproeliatorpugnator

Lietuviųkovotojas

Latviešucīnītājācīnītājs

Македонскиборец

Polskibojowniczkabojownikkombatantkombatantka+ 1 more

Portuguêscombatente

Românăcombatantcombatantă

Русскийбоецвоинкомбатанткомбата́нтка+ 1 more

Slovenčinabojovník

Slovenščinaborecborka

Shqipluftëtar

Српскиbojovnik

Svenskakombattant

Türkçemuharip

Українськабоєцьвоїн

اردوجنگجو

Tiếng Việtchiến binh

Examples

“Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.”

“Come⟳ hither, you that would be combatants: Henceforth I charge you, as you love⟳ our favour, Quite to forget⟳ this quarrel and the cause.”

“On the passage, one day, for the diversion of those gentlemen, all the boys were called on the quarter deck, and were paired proportionably, and then made to fight⟳; after which the gentlemen gave the combatants from five to nine shillings each.”

“If any combatant was struck down, and unable to recover⟳ his feet, his squire or page might enter⟳ the lists, and drag⟳ his master out of the press⟳; but in that case the knight was adjudged vanquished […]”

““[…] Don’t you realize⟳ that alcohol is an essential part of heroism? The combatant and the drunkard are brothers, you genius.””

“The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put⟳ it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win⟳ if they imagine⟳ themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need⟳ to involve⟳ ourselves in the creation of pop culture.””

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