combatant

combatant
/keuhm bat"nt, kom"beuh teuhnt, kum"-/, n.
1. a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
2. a person or group that fights.
adj.
3. combating; fighting: the combatant armies.
4. disposed to combat; combative.
[1425-75; late ME combataunt < MF combatant. See COMBAT, -ANT]

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