combatant
Collocations
5ADJ.
armed
VERB + COMBATANT
captured
COMBATANT + NOUN
antagonistick, gules
PREP.
in
ADV.
truly
Definitions
noun
A person engaged in combat, often armed.
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.
adj
Contending; disposed to contend.
Their valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistick, as to fight;
Involving combat.
He wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight.
Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”).
Or, two lions combatant gules, armed and langued (that is, claws and tongue) azure, is borne by the name of Wycombe; Azure , two lions combatant or, by the name of Carter; Azure , two lions combatant guardant argent, by […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — someone who fights (or is fighting)
- battler
- belligerent
- fighter
- scrapper
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
WiktionaryCome hither, you that would be combatants: Henceforth I charge you, as you love our favour, Quite to forget this quarrel and the cause.
WiktionaryOn 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
WiktionaryTheir valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistick, as to fight;
WiktionaryHe wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight.
WiktionaryOr, two lions combatant gules, armed and langued (that is, claws and tongue) azure, is borne by the name of Wycombe; Azure , two lions combatant or, by the name of Carter; Azure , two lions combatant
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