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combatant, a. and n.|ˈkɒm-, ˈkʌmbətənt|
Also 5 combataunt, 6 cambatand, 7 cumbatant, 6– combattant (now only in Her.).
[a. OF. combatant (mod.F. combatt-), pr. pple. of combattre to combat, already in 12th c. used as n.]
A. adj. Fighting, contending in fight, ready to fight. In Mil. usage, combatant officer: an officer who takes part in active fighting, as distinguished from the non-combatant officers of the medical or the commissariat staff.
1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady iii. iv, Their valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistic, as to fight. 1791Paine Rights M. (ed. 4) 114 The separate head-quarters of two combatant armies. 1868Regul. & Ord. Army ⁋301 The Senior Combatant Officer must preside.
b. Her. Rampant with the fore-paws raised as if in fight; generally said of two lions, etc. rampant and facing each other (affronté). (Frequently spelt as mod.F. combattant.)
c1500Sc. Poem Her. 134 in Q. Eliz. Acad. (1869) 98 First, a lionne [statant]; on-vthir, lyone rampand..And the xv cambatand [ed. note combatand]. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 48 Twoo Apes Circopetikes combattante. 1677F. Sandford Genealog. Hist. Eng. 73 His Arms were Two Lions Cumbatant. 1850W. D. Cooper Winchelsea 39 [A seal] bearing the impression of a lion combatant or rampant. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. x. 58 Two Lions Combattant are now borne by the Viscount Lorton.
B. n. One who combats, a fighter, warrior; in early use, esp. one who fought in single combat.
1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. i. 3 Chaton the vayllaunt combataunt or fyghtar. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 95 Sound Trumpets, Alarum to the Combattants. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 719 So frownd the mighty Combatants. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772 123 In the duel..each combattant fell. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. i. 9 The combatants in the great eighty years war.
b. in Her. ‘A figure drawn like a sword-player standing upon his guard’ (Bailey, Folio, 1736).
c. fig.
1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angells 106 This text tells you you have anothir kinde of combatant. 1784Cowper Task iii. 162 Much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming Truth. 1880L. Stephen Pope v. 134 Amongst the most effective combatants against dulness.
d. attrib. (blending with the adj.)
1885Pall Mall G. 29 June 2/1 The combatant operations of the Royal navy. 1887Daily News 11 Nov. 5/4 Those who hold combatant rank. |