Standard Lemma guide

combatant

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /kəmˈbæ.tənt/
  • Canada, US: /ˈkɑm.bə.tənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M B AE1 T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Contending; disposed to contend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Involving combat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person engaged in combat, often armed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

engaging in or ready for combat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

someone who fights (or is fighting)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: defender, withstander, boxer, pugilist, brawler, butter, fencer, swordsman, gladiator, gouger, hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock, mauler, skirmisher, street fighter, tough, victor, master, superior, wrestler, grappler, matman

History

Etymology

Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: luftëtar — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Arabic: مُقَاتِل (muqātil) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Armenian: մարտիկ (martik) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Belarusian: бае́ц (bajéc) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Belarusian: во́ін (vóin) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Belarusian: камбата́нт (kambatánt) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Belarusian: камбата́нтка (kambatántka) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Bulgarian: бое́ц (boéc) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Bulgarian: во́ин (vóin) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Bulgarian: войни́к (vojník) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Catalan: combatent — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰鬥員 /战斗员 (zhàndǒuyuán) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Czech: bojovník — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Czech: bojovnice — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Old Czech: bojař — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Danish: kombattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Esperanto: batalanto — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Esperanto: batalantino — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Estonian: võitleja — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Estonian: sõdija — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • French: combattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • French: combattante — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Georgian: მებრძოლი (mebrʒoli) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • German: Kämpfer — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • German: Kämpferin — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • German: Bekämpfer — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • German: Bekämpferin — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • German: Kombattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • German: Kombattantin — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Greek: μαχητής (machitís) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Greek: πολεμιστής (polemistís) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Hindi: योद्धा (yoddhā) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Hindi: जंगजू (jaṅgjū) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Ido: kombatanto — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Indonesian: kombatan — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Indonesian: petempur — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Italian: combattente — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Japanese: 戦闘員 (sentōin) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Korean: 전투원 (jeontuwon) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Latin: proeliātor — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Latvian: cīnītājs — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Latvian: cīnītāja — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Lithuanian: kovotojas — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Lithuanian: kovotoja — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Macedonian: борец (borec) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Malay: askar tempur — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Malay: kombatan — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Malay: penempur — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Norman: combattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Norman: combattante — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kombattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kombattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Persian: رزمنده (razmande) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Persian: محارب (mohâreb) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Persian: مبارز (mobârez) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Persian: جنگجو (jangju) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Polish: kombatant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Polish: kombatantka — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Polish: bojownik — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Polish: bojowniczka — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Portuguese: combatente — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Romanian: combatant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Romanian: combatantă — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Russian: бое́ц (bojéc) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Russian: во́ин (vóin) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Russian: комбата́нт (kombatánt) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Russian: комбата́нтка (kombatántka) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Serbo-Croatian: borac — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Serbo-Croatian: bojovnik — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Slovak: bojovník — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Slovak: bojovníca — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Slovene: borec — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Slovene: borka — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Slovene: bojevnik — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Slovene: bojevnica — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Spanish: combatiente — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Swedish: kombattant — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Tajik: мубориз (muboriz) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Ukrainian: боє́ць (bojécʹ) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Ukrainian: во́їн (vójin) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Ukrainian: комбата́нт (kombatánt) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Ukrainian: комбата́нтка (kombatántka) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Urdu: جَن٘گجُو (jangjū) — person engaged in combat, often armed
  • Uzbek: jangchi — person engaged in combat, often armed
Real reading context

combatant in complete knowledge articles