combatant

English

Etymology

French combattant.

Noun

combatant (plural combatants)

1. An armed fighter.

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

Translations

armed fighter

• Catalan: combatent (ca) m and f
• Esperanto: batalanto (eo)
• German: Kombattant (de) m
• Jèrriais: combattant m

• Latvian: cīnītājs (lv) m, cīnītāja (lv) f
• Russian: боец (ru) (bojéc) m, воин (ru) (vóin) m
• Spanish: combatiente (es) m and f

Adjective

combatant (comparative more combatant, superlative most combatant)

1. Contending; disposed to contend.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

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Middle French

Verb

combatant

1. Present participle of combatre.