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noun
A civilian in a war zone who performs the tasks of an armed soldier under the Geneva Convention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Author and United States Department of Defense (DoD) contractor Carter Andress coined the term “contractor combatant” in his book about the Iraq War titled Contractor Combatants: Tales of an Imbedded Capitalist.
