What does "combatant" mean?

A person engaged in combat, often armed.

What is a synonym for "combatant"?

Common synonyms include: battler, fighter, adversary, antagonist, assailant, battler.

Pronounced //kəmˈbæ.tənt//.

//kəmˈbæ.tənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A person engaged in combat, often armed.
"Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public."
2
someone who fights (or is fighting) wordnet

Adjective

1
Contending; disposed to contend.
"Their valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistick, as to fight;"
2
Involving combat.
"He wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight."
3
Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”). alt-of, alternative
"Or, two lions combatant gules, armed and langued (that is, claws and tongue) azure, is borne by the name of Wycombe; Azure , two lions combatant or, by the name of Carter; Azure , two lions combatant guardant argent, by […]"