combattant

From Middle English combattant, from Middle French combattant. Doublet of combatant.

combattant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) In fighting position; said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
   • 1892, Charles Boutell, Heraldry, Ancient and Modern: Including Boutell's Heraldry, page 81:

     VISCOUNT LORTON bears gu., two lions combattant, supporting a dexter hand.

• combatant

• “combattant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From combattre.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃/

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combattant

1. present participle of combattre

combattant m (plural combattants, feminine combattante)

1. combatant; fighter

• parcours du combattant

• “combattant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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combattant m (plural combattants, feminine combattante)

1. (Jersey) combatant