combattant

English

Etymology

French combattant

Adjective

combattant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) In fighting position; said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

See also

• combatant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “combattant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From combattre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃/

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Verb

combattant

1. present participle of combattre

Noun

combattant m (plural combattants, feminine combattante)

1. combatant; fighter

Further reading

• “combattant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

combattant m (plural combattants, feminine combattante)

1. (Jersey) combatant