non-belligerentadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɒnbᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)rənt/,

/ˌnɒnbᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)rn̩t/, U.S.

/ˌnɑnbəˈlɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, belligerent adj.

Etymology: < non- prefix + belligerent adj.

A. adj.

Not actively engaged in hostilities; not aggressive. Now usually of a nation, state, etc.: not committed to active involvement in a war, etc., but tending to favour one of the protagonists. Cf. neutral adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > non-belligerency > [adjective]

unembroiled1759

unengaged1806

non-combatant1826

non-belligerent1845

1845 J. H. Ingraham Rafael iii. 10 Being myself only a guest on board, and non-belligerent, I had nothing to do.

1884 Mind 9 448 The good old times of non-belligerent subsidies of money and contingents of troops.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 14 June 5/3 When the defence has been on anything like a great scale, the non-belligerent defenders have very largely exceeded in number the armed defenders.

1940 J. Colville Diary 12 June in Fringes of Power (1985) 153 He seems to hope that America will come in now, at any rate as a non-belligerent ally.

1953 P. C. Berg Dict. New Words (ed. 2) 115/1 A non-belligerent attitude between contending parties or powers.

1981 Dict. National Biogr. 1961–70 628/1 The 1936 treaty made his a key position in the peculiar situation where Egypt, while granting all facilities for a wartime Allied base, remained non-belligerent almost throughout the war.

1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment iii. iv. 129 Their continued validity [sc. of multilateral treaties] as regards relations between belligerent and non-belligerent states is not otherwise affected.

B. n.

A non-belligerent nation, state, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > non-belligerency > [noun] > non-belligerent

non-belligerent1863

1863 Economist 25 Apr. 449 Blockades are the particular mode in which a belligerent injures a non-belligerent more plainly and immediately than in any other.

1912 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 4 577 A waiving of jurisdiction over public warships by a non-belligerent is a well known principle.

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Mar. 162 Today all the Balkan states are neutral, Italy is a ‘non-belligerent’, Turkey is a firm friend, Russia is uncertain.

1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics ii. xv. 118 The ‘guns of August’ shattered a fifteen-hundred-year struggle to humanize war and secure the rights of nonbelligerents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non-belligerent
释义	non-belligerentadj.n. Brit. /ˌnɒnbᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)rənt/, /ˌnɒnbᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)rn̩t/, U.S. /ˌnɑnbəˈlɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, belligerent adj. Etymology: < non- prefix + belligerent adj. A. adj. Not actively engaged in hostilities; not aggressive. Now usually of a nation, state, etc.: not committed to active involvement in a war, etc., but tending to favour one of the protagonists. Cf. neutral adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > non-belligerency > [adjective] unembroiled1759 unengaged1806 non-combatant1826 non-belligerent1845 1845 J. H. Ingraham Rafael iii. 10 Being myself only a guest on board, and non-belligerent, I had nothing to do. 1884 Mind 9 448 The good old times of non-belligerent subsidies of money and contingents of troops. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 14 June 5/3 When the defence has been on anything like a great scale, the non-belligerent defenders have very largely exceeded in number the armed defenders. 1940 J. Colville Diary 12 June in Fringes of Power (1985) 153 He seems to hope that America will come in now, at any rate as a non-belligerent ally. 1953 P. C. Berg Dict. New Words (ed. 2) 115/1 A non-belligerent attitude between contending parties or powers. 1981 Dict. National Biogr. 1961–70 628/1 The 1936 treaty made his a key position in the peculiar situation where Egypt, while granting all facilities for a wartime Allied base, remained non-belligerent almost throughout the war. 1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment iii. iv. 129 Their continued validity [sc. of multilateral treaties] as regards relations between belligerent and non-belligerent states is not otherwise affected. B. n. A non-belligerent nation, state, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > non-belligerency > [noun] > non-belligerent non-belligerent1863 1863 Economist 25 Apr. 449 Blockades are the particular mode in which a belligerent injures a non-belligerent more plainly and immediately than in any other. 1912 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 4 577 A waiving of jurisdiction over public warships by a non-belligerent is a well known principle. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Mar. 162 Today all the Balkan states are neutral, Italy is a ‘non-belligerent’, Turkey is a firm friend, Russia is uncertain. 1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics ii. xv. 118 The ‘guns of August’ shattered a fifteen-hundred-year struggle to humanize war and secure the rights of nonbelligerents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1845
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