'Combatant' definitions:

Definition of 'combatant'

From: WordNet
adjective
Engaging in or ready for combat
noun
Someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]

Definition of 'Combatant'

From: GCIDE
  • Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Combatant'

From: GCIDE
  • Combatant \Com"bat*ant\, n. [F. combattant.] One who engages in combat. IN military use, opposed to noncombatant. "The mighty combatants." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • A controversy which long survived the original combatants. --Macaulay [1913 Webster]